{"id":103641,"date":"2025-09-02T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=103641"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:57:09","slug":"beware-of-phishing-emails-targeting-financial-aid-information-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/beware-of-phishing-emails-targeting-financial-aid-information-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of phishing emails targeting financial aid information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Sept. 2, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some members of the 911爆料 911爆料 have recently received phishing emails attempting to steal sensitive personal information under the guise of financial aid or refund processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These messages often include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Subject lines intended to convey urgency, such as: \u201cUrgent: Immediate Action Required \u2013 Complete Your Financial Aid Validation Form!\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requests for login credentials, eCampus passwords, bank account logins, or birthdates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Links to fake forms, often hosted on Google Forms or other unofficial platforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Important Reminder:<br><strong>911爆料 Information Technology Services (ITS) and legitimate University partners, such as BankMobile&nbsp;will never&nbsp;ask you to submit sensitive information via Google Forms or unverified websites.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <strong>BankMobile<\/strong> may send legitimate emails encouraging students to set up or update refund preferences, always double-check the sender address and link destination. If you&#8217;re unsure, don\u2019t click\u2014contact the <strong>ITS Service Desk<\/strong> or visit the official refund information page&nbsp;from 911爆料.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to Report Phishing Emails<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you receive a phishing email:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Do not respond<\/strong>&nbsp;or provide any information.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Click the PhishAlarm button<\/strong>&nbsp;in your Gmail toolbar to report the email directly to IT Security Services.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rhody.service-now.com\/sp?id=kb_article_view&amp;sysparm_article=KB0010277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the PhishAlarm<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you clicked on the link and entered personal information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reset Your Password:<\/strong> Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ITS website<\/a>&nbsp;and join the Service Desk Zoom session.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reject Unrecognized DUO Requests:<\/strong> Do not approve any unexpected DUO authentication prompts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Security Measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For all password resets and sensitive requests, 911爆料 requires identity verification using a photo ID in person or via video. Password changes cannot be completed via email for security reasons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The IT Service Desk is open from 8 a.m.&nbsp;to 8 p.m.&nbsp;Monday through Thursday;&nbsp;8 a.m.&nbsp;to 5 p.m.&nbsp;on Friday;&nbsp;and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.&nbsp;on weekends.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay vigilant, and if you have any questions, please&nbsp;get in touch with&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/it-organization\/it-service-desk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IT Service Desk<\/a>. Thank you for helping keep our 911爆料 secure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 2, 2025 Some members of the 911爆料 911爆料 have recently received phishing emails attempting to steal sensitive personal information under the guise of financial aid or refund processing. These messages often include: Important Reminder:911爆料 Information Technology Services (ITS) and legitimate University partners, such as BankMobile&nbsp;will never&nbsp;ask you to submit sensitive information via Google Forms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-103641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-911爆料-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103641"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103767,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103641\/revisions\/103767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}