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Phishing Attempt Alert

August 26, 2020

A Northwestern staff member was recently asked to provide personal information to someone posing as a vendor.  This scam involves a fraudulent email from someone pretending to be a vendor, asking for a staff member's NetID and password.

Here are some tips to help protect you and Northwestern from this type of scam:

Please report suspicious emails to Northwestern IT Information Security at security@northwestern.edu. If you have any other questions, contact Procurement at procurement@northwestern.edu.

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