November 10, 2022
As the winter holiday season approaches, take time to review alerts about about seasonal scams. Scams may arrive as email, text, phone, and social media messages. They are continually adapted to target university communities through phishing, gift card scams, phony holiday invitations and messages, fraudulent offers for seasonal employment, and in many other forms. Your…
October 28, 2022
We posted about this a few weeks ago, but in this busy month, it’s worth repeating: The U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Trade Commission are working together to raise awareness about potential scams and misinformation that may be aimed at those seeking student loan debt relief. Beware of scammers who may contact you…
November 16, 2021
Re-posting this alert, as gift card scams are continuing on UW campuses. Members of the UW community are actively being targeted with gift card scam messages. The emails typically appear to be sent from a supervisor, including deans, directors, department heads, and/or vice presidents. The supervisor’s name is usually displayed in the signature line and…
March 25, 2021
This week there are at least two phishing campaigns impersonating the IRS that are targeting the UW community. If you see an email with the subject Your Payroll Direct Deposit or Recalculation of Your Tax Refund Payment, delete it. In this case, there is no need to report these particular messages to our service center…
October 9, 2020
This message is intended for financial aid recipients as well as staff who handle student information. Cyberthieves have been sending phishing email messages tailored to steal student login credentials on financial aid websites. The emails link to phony websites to harvest login credentials for student financial aid accounts, and once the credentials are obtained, thieves…
October 6, 2020
This message was sent to all UW students on October 1: We want to alert you to a surge in email, text and phone scams aimed at UW students. These scams may promise easy jobs, tuition discounts or other rewards. They may attempt to convince you to purchase gift cards or to send or receive…