QR听Scams are yet another type of scam being used to trick people into giving away personal, financial, or other private information.

Below is an actual听QR听code scam email seen recently at BC. Can you spot the five clues that indicate this is a scam? Scroll down for answers.

QR code and Text Scam examples - 5
  1. Unknown Sender.听It is from a BC person you do not know, or are not expecting to hear from.鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬏�
    • In this case, the phishing email is the result of a hacker gaining access to a md传媒国产剧 College email account, and using that account to send emails to md传媒国产剧 College email addresses found across the web.听
  2. Sense of Urgency.听It has an urgent subject, and is prompting you to act quickly.
  3. Poor grammar and missing punctuation.
  4. 听ITS does not send out QR codes to the community.
  5. Asking for Passwords. The QR code听 takes you to a web form with a non-BC web address, that asks for your BC Portal password.听BC will NEVER ask for a password unless it is on an听official听BC login screen.听
    • IMPORTANT: Official login screens always have听bc.edu听before the first single, forward slash (/), for example:听

If you receive an email you think may be a scam, please forward it to听security@bc.edu.

More Resources

  • (Federal Trade Commission Consumer Alert)
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