Email scams and malicious email, sometimes called phishing, are
types of electronic fraud commonly carried out through requests
to gather personal information. These types of emails appear to
come from reliable sources like Northwestern or your banking
institution, and often contain urgent requests that require the
recipient to provide personally identifiable
information―passwords, credit card account numbers, and Social
Security Numbers―by either replying to the email directly, or by
entering this information on a bogus Web site. NUIT is providing
you with a central location of scam emails that are received by
the University. If you are unsure about the legitimacy of an
email, compare it to the recent list of attempts at
Northwestern. If it is not listed, immediately forward the
complete message with email message headers to
email@example.com. Northwestern’s Phishing Net In an effort to
prevent email scams from reaching the University’s central email
server Northwestern’s Email Defense System (EDS), powered