SCCC can help you spot email scams
College students are prime targets for cyber scams because of their busy schedules, financial responsibilities, and heavy reliance on email and online services. Your .edu email isn鈥檛 just for school; it鈥檚 a gateway to accounts, financial aid, and personal data, which is why hackers often disguise phishing emails as official college messages. Don鈥檛 click on suspicious links or download unexpected attachments.
When in doubt, call IT Service: 973-300-2333
You can also email: [email protected]
Common Scams
- Fake job offers: Too-good-to-be-true, usually high-paying jobs.
- Financial aid alerts: Fraudulent claims about grants or refunds needing verification.
- Password resets: Fake requests from "tech support" that usually ask you to click a link to keep your account active.
- Free or cheap items: They usually offer fictitious high-value items for low prices.
Warning Signs
- Fake urgency: Claims of immediate email account closure or revoking of student funds.
- Unexpected links or attachments: Suspicious links or PDFs from strangers or imposter professors.
- Unusual requests: They'll ask for sensitive information like your password, Social Security number, a payment method, or phone number.
- Bad grammar: Look for spelling errors, weird formatting, and strange phrasing.
Email Safety Tips
DON'T CLICK
- Protect your information: Never send your password, Social Security Number, or payment information to anyone, or text them from your phone.
- Job Offers: Instead of clicking on any job offer links, visit sussex.edu, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click "Employment Opportunities." You can see all of our real job listings there.
- Financial Aid: Visit the My.Sussex Portal directly to double-check if there is an issue with your student funds.
- Email Deactivation: Contact SCCC's IT Service Help Desk to confirm before clicking anything: 973-300-2333 or [email protected]
- Verify the sender: Have an email from a professor that looks a little sketchy? Or an email that seems legit, but it's from an unusual sender?
- Real messages from SCCC faculty and staff will NEVER come from a non-Sussex email.
- When in doubt, contact SCCC's IT Service: 973-300-2333 or [email protected]!
- Report the email address and the content of the message - Our IT Help Desk can either confirm the legitimacy or block the sender from emailing you again.
Pause, think, and confirm with IT - You'll be set for a safe semester!
