W2 spear phishing surfaces for the tax season

Feb 6, 2017 | Uncategorized

One of last year’s favorite tax scams is back: W2 spear phishing. Several companies’ employees have been fooled by an email that was “spoofed” so that it appeared to be from their bosses or CEOs. The email asked for the employee to reply with a copy of the...

The Importance of Phishing Campaigns

May 7, 2024 | Newsletter

Have you noticed how many emails you get every day? According to earthweb.com, the average person receives 100 to 120 emails per day. Surprisingly, 1 in every 99 of those emails is a phishing attack and 85% are spam. Every day hundreds of millions of phishing emails...

Be careful: Tax season is also tax scam season

Feb 28, 2019 | Privacy, Telephone Scams

Every year, we warn the University community about tax phishing scams and tax-related identity theft scams. There are a number of ways scammers try to steal personal information in order to create false identities or claim tax refunds illegally. Let’s break them...

Spoofed email addresses reported by sharp-eyed UD employees

Jun 1, 2018 | Fraud

Scammers are always trying to pull a fast one on you. This morning, several members of the University community told reportaphish@udel.edu that they received email allegedly sent by a high-ranking UD official. The message came from a fake email address that included...