Spam and Phishing
Don't Get Phished!
Verify the authenticity of any email by checking Recent Official Emails Sent by WTS. If you do not see the email listed there, do not respond to it before verifying with WTS that it is a legitimate email.
You can make sure that you are visiting the real page posted by Western WTS (and not a well-crafted forgery) by hovering over the link and verifying that the site starts with https://www.uwo.ca/wts/.
Recent Phishing Emails on Campus
DO NOT respond to these or any email that looks similar
- January 17, 2019
From: Zimbra <graciela.mun@corporacionggv.cl
Subject: Re-ValidateDear help.desk@uwo.ca ,
Your account has exceeded it quota limit as set by Administrator, and you may not be able to send or receive new mails until you Re-Validate your help.desk@uwo.ca account.
To Re-Validate help.desk@uwo.ca account, Please CLICK: Re-Validate help.desk@uwo.ca Account - January 15, 2019
From: Pinpeta Gina Phouttharath <pphoutth@uwo.ca>
Subject: Western University AlertDear User
We're almost done! Please Login here to verify the new Quota, for you UWO Office 365. Western University Service.
Sincerely,
IT Help Desk. - January 04, 2019
From: Safa Karim <skarim58@uwo.ca>
Subject: RescheduledDear User
Your email request urgent security"
Login Now to confirm Outlook365 update.
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