1.Phishing scams can have a number of different goals. They may attempt to:

• Target your cash and payment card data
• Gain control of your computer and local network resources
• Gain access to your University Computing Account and resources

2.Phishing scams typically attempt to take advantage of you by:

• Delivering file attachments that can infect your computer with harmful software
• Enticing you to click on links to websites that infect your computer with harmful software
• Tricking you into sharing your username and password so hackers can gain access to your network or other sites

3.You can identify a phishing scam by looking for email messages that:

• Create a sense of urgency
• Invoke strong emotions, like greed or fear
• Request sensitive data
• Contain links that do not appear to match legitimate resources for the organization that is contacting you

https://www.sans.org/security-awareness-training/ouch-newsletter/2015/phishing

you can check above link.

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