WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There are emails that are being circulated, an example of which is below, that include a suspicious link. These are not legitimate emails.


WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
If you receive an email like this, do not click on the link. If a phishing or spam email makes its way into your inbox, please forward it according to the directions at
http://support.cc.gatech.edu/support-tools/faq/what-should-i-do-when-i-receive-spam-or-phishing-email to improve the accuracy of GT's filters.

You can learn to recognize phishing emails. They frequently contain poor grammar and unusual wording. Sometimes they will use a legitimate-looking email address, but they don't always. In some cases, there is a mismatch between the name and the email address in the From field. However, these are not always present. The tell-tale sign is to check without clicking the links to see where they point to. Phishing emails want you to visit a site with an unusual URL that has nothing to do with the purported sender. In the example below, the original link points to a site unrelated to the purported sender.


-----Original Message-----
Subject: Employee Rewards
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 00:04:53 +0000
From: Athletics Dept <yourfootballtix@<REMOVED>.com>
To: <<REMOVED>@gtri.gatech.edu>



Thank you, for a job well done!

We've had some remarkable successes here at gatech and we want to thank
all of the people who made that possible.

To show our appreciation for all of your hard work, we are providing
gatech football tickets for all employees.

Please click here
<http://gatechathletics.<REMOVED>.com/employeetix/db1f5b/?login_id=7665ae4c-0232-474a-9708-52b3d5de0d2f> to
claim your tickets.

Again, thank you for all of your hard work!

Robert Safe
Athletics Dept