There are reports of e-mails purporting to be from the World Health Organization (WHO) that are actually phishing messages that prey on people’s fears of the current coronavirus outbreak.
Please maintain vigilance during this time of heightened sensitivity to news about the outbreak.
These tips can help navigate tricky scam attempts like this one:
- Be wary of messages with a sense of urgency requesting action on the part of the recipient, especially if you weren’t expecting an e-mail from the purported sender.
- Hover your cursor over the link or button before clicking, look at the URL the link would take you to and think about whether it aligns with the purported sender.
- Does the e-mail contain grammar that doesn’t align with the purported sender?
- Never accept unexpected multi-factor (DUO/MFA) prompts.