Protecting Your Account: Fraudulent Emails (Phishing)

If an email claims to be related to a software, account or system upgrade, verify it with Health Computing.

Legitimate email will not have a threatening tone and you will be given ample time to respond (e.g. we don’t suspend accounts on 24 hours notice)

Look at the link before you click on it. If it is not obviously going to a UWaterloo website, then be very suspicious:

• Hover your mouse over the link to see where it is going

• On a mobile device, press and hold on the link (‘long press’) to see where the link is going

If you know the person who sent you the email but are uncertain, pick up the phone and call the person to verify that it is legitimate