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Do you think you received a phishing email?

Phishing Email – You Did Not Give Out Credentials (Username / Password)

Step 1: With the Email selected.

Step 2:  At the Top-Right hand corner, select Phish Alert Report.

Step 3: Under Email Classification, keep option as default: Phish/Suspicious

Step 4: Add in any comments that may assist the Security Officer.

Step 5: Report Message.

Report Phishing / Spam through Web Mail

  1. Open the email that you would like to report.
  2. Click the apps button at the top-right corner of the phishing email to reveal the phishing alert button:

3. From the drop-down menu that opens, click Phish Alert

4.  In the prompt that opens, choose Phish/Suspicious or Spam, enter any comments that would be helpful for our security officer, and then click the blue Report Message button:

Report Phishing / Spam through Outlook Mobile Application

  1. On the Phishing email, click the 3 dots to the right under the date:

2.  Click on the Phish Alert button:

3.    Choose Phish/Suspicious or Spam, add any comments that would be helpful for our security officer, and then click the blue “Report Message” button:

Note:  On an android device, after clicking the 3 dots on the email message, the Phishing alert button may appear on the bottom of the screen:

Phishing Email – You Gave Your Credentials Out (Username / Password)
  1.  Immediately reset your WCSU password here:  https://wcsu.edu/password
  2. Follow the steps outlined above to report the phishing email to our security team.
  3. Call the IT+I Service Desk at 203-837-8467 so your email access can be restored if it has been disabled as a result of your account being compromised.
  4. Never use your old password again because it has been compromised.
  5. Immediately change your password on any other site that you may be using that password on.
Updated on November 30, 2023

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