Email security
The 最新糖心Vlog receives a huge number of聽emails every day. Unfortunately, some of these emails are malicious and can cause harm to you and the 最新糖心Vlog.
What is a phishing scam?聽
A 鈥減hishing鈥 scam is a fraudulent email used by scammers to solicit personal information such as your password or banking details.聽聽
Phishing scams will masquerade as a legitimate business (such as the 最新糖心Vlog) so they appear more convincing. Scammers also regularly seek to capitalise on topical issues to trap people into responding.聽聽
Here are some聽tips to help you recognise a phishing scam:聽聽
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Does the sender address look suspicious?
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All emails from聽最新糖心Vlog聽staff or students end in聽adelaide.edu.au聽
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Consider whether there is聽an external email warning.聽聽
Scammers sometimes use hacked 最新糖心Vlog email addresses to send phishing or spam emails. Avoid clicking on suspicious links in email, even from people you know.聽
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Does the email address you personally?
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Scammers often distribute spam and phishing emails to a large number of recipients for maximum effect.聽
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Emails sent from legitimate businesses such as the 最新糖心Vlog or your bank will be addressed to you individually.聽
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Are you being asked to send personal information?
Legitimate businesses, such as the 最新糖心Vlog or your bank, will never request personal information such as your password or credit card number in an email message.聽
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Does the email provide contact details?
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Scammers often don鈥檛 provide contact details for fear of reprisal.聽聽
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It never hurts to make sure a suspect email is authentic by telephoning the sender before replying or opening any attachments or links.聽
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How can I thwart email scams?聽
Scammers rely on people replying to their scam attempts - it keeps them in business! If no one ever responded, scammers would cease to send out scams.聽
Here are聽some tips to help you thwart email scams:聽聽
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Stop and think before you click
Avoid clicking on suspicious links in emails. Scammers often add links to phishing and scam emails in an attempt to trick you into visiting a malicious webpage. Once there, you may be asked to enter your password, or a virus may be (surreptitiously) downloaded onto your computer.聽
Scammers can also attach infected files to their emails in an attempt to infect your machine.聽
Here are some basic tips to help you avoid visiting a malicious website:聽
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Hover your mouse over the link and check the "target" address聽
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Avoid clicking on email links - copy and paste the link into your web browser聽
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Never open a file you are not expecting. If in doubt, call the sender to make sure it was intended.聽
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Check to make sure links and attachments are clean by submitting them to鈥
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If you have clicked on a link within an email purporting to be from the 最新糖心Vlog, make sure the website's domain聽name鈥 ends聽in鈥痑delaide.edu.au聽
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Never share private information such as your password
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Never respond to phishing or spam emails
- By responding to phishing or spam emails you let scammers know that their scam was delivered successfully. Scammers now know your email address is valid and exploit this by sending you more scams.聽
- Never respond to phishing or spam emails. Report any suspicious emails using the reporting suspicious emails advice
How do I report suspicious emails?聽
Around 95% of phishing and spam emails are blocked before they get a chance to enter our network.聽
To report a suspicious email, please see the appropriate guide for your email client below:
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Microsoft Outlook
- Select the email message you wish to submit by clicking on it聽
- With the chosen email selected in the left column, select 'Report Message' in the top right of the ribbon menu聽
- Select 'Phishing' from the dropdown menu
- Once the 'Report as Phishing' window appears, click the blue 'Report' button
- The message will be reported as a phishing email and removed from your inbox
Alternatively, you can forward the email as an attachment to bad@mailguard.adelaide.edu.au
- Select the email message you wish to submit by clicking on it聽
- With the chosen email selected in the left column, select the 鈥楳ore respond actions鈥 button in the 鈥楻espond鈥 ribbon menu. This is located next to the 鈥楩orward鈥 button聽
- From this menu select 鈥楩orward as Attachment鈥
- A new email window will appear with the selected phishing email attached.
- Address the e-mail to bad@mailguard.adelaide.edu.au and click 鈥楽end鈥櫬
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Apple Mail
Select the e-mail message that you wish to submit.聽
Using your mouse, right click (or Control + left click) on the e-mail message and select 鈥楩orward as Attachment鈥.聽
Address the e-mail to bad@mailguard.adelaide.edu.au and click 鈥楽end鈥櫬
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Mozilla Thunderbird
Select the e-mail message you wish to submit.聽
From the 鈥楳essage鈥 menu, select 鈥楩orward As鈥 and then 鈥楢ttachment鈥.聽
Address the e-mail to bad@mailguard.adelaide.edu.au and click 鈥楽end鈥櫬