How do I protect myself from phishing emails, spam and other scams?
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How do I protect myself from phishing emails, spam and other scams?
Aimed at: Edinburgh Napier’s staff & students
Follow the guidance below:
Don’t:
- Give out your username or password to anyone.
- Click on links that ask you to give account details.
- Reply to any email you suspect is a scam or phishing attempt.
Do:
- Follow the guidance on how to protect yourself from viruses.
- Ignore any emails that offer financial gain by transferring funds.
- Ignore emails that appear suspicious or contain spelling and grammatical mistakes.
- Read the claims made by the email carefully - if they seem too good to be true, they often are!
- Ask if in any doubt - if an email seems to be from your bank or another familiar company it’s safer to contact them to confirm they sent the email, before submitting any details.
- Type in a website address manually, rather than clicking links contained in an email.
- Delete the email.
- Protect your password.