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This Was a Phish!

Ohio State regularly runs phishing training exercises to the university community. By clicking the link that brought you to this page, you succumbed to a university phishing simulation. Read on to learn how to spot phishing messages and protect yourself and the university from malicious attacks.

Spotting the Phish

You received this email:

Phishing email spoofing Snapchat branding.

 

Sender Addresses: The sender address, accounts.snap@techsupport-corp.com, is generic, not the right domain for a Snapchat account, and should raise red flags. The domain (everything after the @ symbol) is the first indication that this might be a phishing attack.

Report Phishing Attempts

Image of the 'report suspicious' banner displayed at the top of every external email you receive. Click this banner to report suspected phish.

If you ever suspect an email to be a phishing attempt, please report it immediately by clicking the "Report Suspicious" button in the warning banner which appears at the top of that external email.