{"id":2668,"date":"2023-02-08T11:32:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T22:36:15","slug":"fraudulent-emails-targeting-post-secondary-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/fraudulent-emails-targeting-post-secondary-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraudulent Emails Targeting Post-Secondary Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Roads is aware of <u>fraudulent emails<\/u> being sent to post-secondary students across Canada, including incidents resulting in <u>financial loss<\/u> or <u>identity theft<\/u>.\u00a0 These scams may come as a text, email, or website link that appear to be from legitimate sources, such as your bank, the university, or even faculty members, friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Roads University\u00a0takes a number of steps to protect our students against these attacks; however, the most effective defence is for you to be cyber aware by being vigilant and taking precautions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not click on links or open attachments from unknown or suspicious sources.<\/li>\n<li>Be wary of emails or texts that ask for any personal information, such as passwords or credit card details. Legitimate organizations will never ask for this information through email or text.<\/li>\n<li>Use anti-virus software and keep your computer and mobile devices up to date with the latest security patches.<\/li>\n<li>Use strong and unique passwords for all of your accounts, and change them regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Be especially cautious when using public Wi-Fi networks, as they may not be secure.<\/li>\n<li>If you receive an email that appears to be from Royal Roads University and you have doubts about its authenticity \u2013 for instance, the sending email address does not end with @royalroads.ca \u2013 do not reply to the email, rather contact the person directly using contact details from the official Royal Roads University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/contact-directory\">Contact Directory<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please also be diligent about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/current-students\/career-learning-development\/industry-research\/virtual-job-search-safety\">job search safety<\/a>. \u00a0If you have any concerns regarding the accurate representation of an employer or job posting, please reach out to your Career Learning and Development Advisor or email <a href=\"&#99;a&#x72;e&#x65;r&#x73;&#101;&#x72;&#118;&#x69;&#99;e&#x73;&#64;&#x72;o&#x79;&#97;&#x6c;&#114;&#x6f;&#97;&#x64;&#115;&#46;&#x63;a\">&#99;&#97;&#x72;e&#101;&#x72;&#x73;e&#114;&#x76;&#x69;c&#101;&#x73;&#x40;r&#111;&#x79;&#x61;l&#114;&#x6f;&#x61;d&#115;&#x2e;c&#97;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information will be shared with you in the coming months regarding various cybersecurity initiatives to further protect and support students. In the meantime, review our <a href=\"https:\/\/confluence.royalroads.ca\/display\/SAC\">online resources<\/a>, stay safe, protect your personal information, and think before you click<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Roads is aware of fraudulent emails being sent to post-secondary students across Canada, including incidents resulting in financial loss or identity theft.\u00a0 These scams may come as a text, email, or website link that appear to be from legitimate&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/fraudulent-emails-targeting-post-secondary-students\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":767,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","category-student-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}