Spam, Phishing and Scam Emails & Texts
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 Scam Emails and Text Messages
DO NOT respond to these or any email or text message that looks similar
- July 16, 2025
From: H***** B****** <h****e@uwo.ca>
Subject: ADVANCE WARNING
This is the last time we will notify you that we'll stop processing incoming emails in your school account, and the reason is you failed to verify your Microsoft account which may lead to the permanent deletion of your account from our database in the next few hours.
Please Verify your UWO account immediately to avoid Deactivation Click
Please note this one-time submission and entry only.
Warm Regards,
Instructor,
Notification Systems,
Information Technology Service,
- July 16, 2025
From: Joan Nielsen <nielsen@morningside.edu>
Subject: Attention For All Western University.
- July 11, 2025
From: Export - Lamps Worldwide s.r.o. <export@lampsworldwide.sk>
Subject: CANADA STUDENT AID
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