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One Step Ahead
September 2, 2008, Volume 55, No. 2

One Step Ahead

Another tip in a series provided by the Offices of Information Systems & Computing and Audit, Compliance & Privacy.

No E-mail from Penn Will Ask For Your Username/Password

Fraud Artists Working Now to Convince You Otherwise

In recent weeks, we have witnessed an increasingly sophisticated set of e-mail messages that look very similar to legitimate messages from some Penn programs. The key difference is that the fraudulent e-mails ask you for your username, password and other information. 

Make no mistake—Penn as a University, and Schools and Centers at Penn, will never ask you for your username and password via e-mail.

A list of fraudulent phishing e-mails seen at Penn is available  at www.upenn.edu/computing/security/phish.

If you have any doubt about whether an e-mail request is legitimate, do not respond to the e-mail—instead contact your Local Support Provider.

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For additional tips, see the One Step Ahead link on the Information Security website: www.upenn.edu/computing/security/.

Almanac - September 2, 2008, Volume 55, No. 2