Subject: "Claim your prize!"
Financial often begins with an unsolicited email claiming you have won a massive sum of money from a grant, lottery, or contest you never entered. These scams capitalize on the excitement of a life-changing windfall to bypass your natural skepticism.
Clues:
- Claim that you have won a (large) sum of money.
- Urgency: Reply to this message as soon as possible.
- Broken english: "hearing from you soon so to process."
What should I do if I receive a similar email?
If you receive a suspicious invoice and you are in any way unsure of the sender, message, or file, please do not click on anything in the message. Instead, report the email to IT using the Phish Alert Button:
If an email seems to reference correspondence with other TMU employees with whom you are unfamiliar, please verify their identity with your supervisor.
