Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to obtain personal information from you, such as passwords, banking information, etc. and is most commonly sent to you by email.

Don’t trust the display name. On an phishing email, the sender’s email display name may look right, but the actual email address will not. The email may look something like this:
Esteban Cruz <ecruz@secure.com> OR
Amazon <orders@amazon1.com>

The name may be correct, but the email address looks suspicious because the domain is not genuine. In the first example, the domain name should be llcc.edu, not secure.com. On the second one, the domain name should be amazon.com, not amazon1.com.

This fraudulent email, once delivered, appears legitimate because most user inboxes only present the display name. Don’t trust the display name. Check the email address in the header “From” field. If it looks suspicious, don’t open the email, and forward it to phishing@llcc.edu.

Learn more on our LLCC’s Cybersecurity page at:
https://llcconline.sharepoint.com/IT/SitePages/Cybersecurity.aspx