{"id":16807,"date":"2026-07-29T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/?p=16807"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:11:17","slug":"trends-in-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/trends-in-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Trends in Online Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to know the current trends with online&nbsp;scams&nbsp;to keep yourself and UWM more cyber secure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are ever unsure about an email,\u00a0do not click any links or respond, please\u00a0forward it to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:abuse@uwm.edu\">abuse@uwm.edu<\/a>\u00a0and our information security team will review it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-targeted-text-message-scams\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Targeted Text Message Scams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the summer there has been an increase in\u00a0text message\u00a0scams\u00a0related to reviewing your benefit\u00a0information.\u00a0<strong>If you receive a text message\u00a0regarding\u00a0benefits, it is not from UWM\u00a0or\u00a0Workday and you should not respond or\u00a0open\u00a0anything.<\/strong>\u00a0UWM will not contact you through text\u00a0messages\u00a0regarding\u00a0benefit information.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-job-scam-emails\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job Scam Emails<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Fall 2026 semester approaching, there will be an increase in job-related&nbsp;scams&nbsp;targeting students. These often come as email offers for jobs with&nbsp;high pay and short hours with&nbsp;an urgent&nbsp;timeline and a malicious&nbsp;link for \u201capplying\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/set\/campus-employment\/\">UWM\u2019s campus employment\u00a0webpage<\/a>\u00a0shows\u00a0current job openings\u00a0for students\u00a0and has more information on how to\u00a0find employment. Open positions for faculty and staff can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/jobs\/\">UWM\u2019s Human\u00a0Resources\u00a0Jobs webpage<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-signs-of-a-scam\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signs of a Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An unknown sender<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urgent language, short deadlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offers, files, links you were not anticipating <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Job offers, prizes, deals that seem too good to be true<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request for payment method, personal information or multi-factor authentication (MFA)\u00a0codes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contains odd links or attachments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>References UWM vaguely and without personalization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spelling and grammar errors <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information on online\u00a0scams\u00a0and all cybersecurity topics can be found on our webpage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/cybersecurity\/\">uwm.edu\/cybersecurity<\/a>.\u00a0Please contact the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/help\/\">UWM Help Desk<\/a>\u00a0if you have any\u00a0questions\u00a0about online\u00a0scams.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to know the current trends with online&nbsp;scams&nbsp;to keep yourself and UWM more cyber secure.&nbsp; If you are ever unsure about an email,\u00a0do not click any links or respond, please\u00a0forward it to\u00a0abuse@uwm.edu\u00a0and our information security team will review &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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