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You can always forward any Swarthmore-related phishing emails to phishing@swarthmore.edu.

In addition to phishing attacks, the community is regularly targeted with scam emails.  This is particularly true for the student community where the scams often involve too-good-to-be-true job, research or administrative assistant "opportunities".  One simple way to quickly identify whether an email is a scam is if they ask you to reply with your personal or "alternate" non-school related email address.  Scammers will very often ask you to correspond via your personal email address, WhatsApp or text messages in an attempt to evade detection by Swarthmore email protection systems.  Additionally, students should be wary of any employer who emails them directly (often using Gmail), when they have not signed up for a recruitment service. Student scavenger hunt icon. Garnet circle with a white outlined 'S'.Image Added

Also, a really big red flag is if you are asked to buy gift cards of any type, it is most certainly a scam!  To see some of the latest scams targeting the student community, head on over to the Student Scam Repository at https://www.swarthmore.edu/StudentScams

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Did you know? On average,Swarthmore’s campus receives between 1,000 and 5,000 job scam emails each week! Student scavenger hunt icon. Garnet circle with a white outlined 'S'.Image Added

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