Subject: FW: Covid-19 Benefits
To:
To:
In response to the current hardship in the community due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Employee Assistance Program has decided to support students and employees.
The Employee Assistance Program will pay $3,780.00 to all eligible students and employees, as COVID-19 benefits, starting from, Friday, April 29, 2022
Visit the COVID-19 SUPPORT HUB and login with your email to submit your application.
Note: This Benefits Program is available to all students and employees.
Sincerely,
COVID-19 Support Team
Employee Assistance Program
Why this looks valid
- The email appears to be offering assistance for Covid-19 from the College.
- The email directs the reader to the “Covid-19 Support hub”
Why this is phishing
- The “From” field of the sender is from a random email
- The email is vague about the details of the program and who it is directed towards.
- The URL of the link has been masked to hide its true domain.
Additional notes
- This is an extremely dangerous phishing attempt. If you clicked on this link and filled in your credentials, please contact the Service Desk immediately at x7224 or servicedesk@vassar.edu.
- Remember: our core services including Google, Workday, Moodle, Office365, Dropbox, and many others are only available through our VassarOne single-sign-on platform. If you see a login screen that does not look like ours, don’t put in your credentials!
- Report it as phishing to Google. Before deleting the message, make sure to click on “report phishing”.
- A little paranoia goes a long way! Be suspicious of any email messages similar to this one.
- Did you know: the best way to protect your accounts is by using multi-factor authentication. See our post HERE.