Reporting Spam or Phishing Email
If you suspect an email is a phishing attempt, please forward the message to support@curry.edu. Verified phishing messages reported to ITS will have the offending email blocked, messages removed from Curry.edu mailboxes and we will report the sender.
Spam is unsolicited email, instant messages, or social media messages. These messages are fairly easy to spot and can be damaging if you open or respond.
Phishing is an email sent from an Internet criminal disguised as an email from a legitimate, trustworthy source. The message is meant to lure you into revealing sensitive or confidential information.
Spear Phishing occurs when criminals obtain information about you from websites or social networking sites and customize a phishing scheme to you.
Spoofing describes a criminal who impersonates another individual or organization, with the intent to gather personal or business information.
Pharming is a malicious website that resembles a legitimate website, used to gather usernames and passwords.