The most powerful weapons against falling prey to internet scams or compromising our systems are DON’T CLICK a LINK or ATTACHMENT and the DELETE key.
Get a strange email or voicemail. Delete it.
Get an email that simply doesn’t feel right. Delete.
Don’t unsubscribe. Delete.
Don’t Respond. Delete
Don’t click links or attachments. Delete.
Remember your training (see, below, for a quick refresher and attached is poster that you should post in your office).
1. Don’t click links
2. Don’t open attachments
3. Don’t generic messages (e.g., “look at this,” “You’ll find this interesting,” “FW: For all”)
4. Check to make sure that the name of the sender matches the mail address
5. Check whether the email address makes sense for a person (e.g., why would a CPCS staff be sending an email from a non-CPCS account or an account from Japan [.jp] or Romania [.ro])
6. If you get an unexpected email (regardless of source), be skeptical. Don’t click links or attachments. If you know the person, call them and ask if they sent it. If you don’t know the person, why are you even receiving it? Delete
7. Don’t be tricked by a misspelled web address (e.g., microsoft.com is OK, but microssoft.com isn’t). If you are unsure, go to the web address through your browser by googling it. Don’t click the link