21 September 2016 
Matt Sisson, Projects and Membership Manager
Students are being targeted in a specific Phishing scam, according to an article on the BBC News website this week. In this particular instance, students are contacted with a fraudulent email, convincingly claiming to be from the university’s Finance Department, informing the student they are entitled to an educational grant or bursary. Upon clicking the link to claim, the student is then encouraged to divulge bank account details.
This follows on from a scam earlier in the year where Phishing attacks were used to obtain students’ university website details, which were then used to change bank details held with the university, in order to syphon off bursary payments.
Please continue to alert your students and staff to such attacks and, if you’re unsure how to respond, here’s a handy list of suggestions.
