If you believe you have inadvertently submitted information to a phishing site, then contact your department’s IT staff or DSC immediately. If you do not have an IT team, please contact the UCF Police Department , the Security Incident Response Team (sirt@ucf.edu) and refer to the Federal Trade Commission identity theft website: http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft
Phishing is the act of convincing someone to surrender their private information (e.g. bank account number, Social Security number, passwords) which can then be used to commit identity theft. Often phishing is done as spam email formatted to look like official communication from banks, eBay, or other organizations including UCF.
Phishing messages typically contain a threat that an account will be disabled if the recipient does not re-enter or update their information. The recipient is then asked to click a bogus web link or reply to the email and provide personal information.