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WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There are emails that are being circulated, an example of which is below, that include a suspicious link. These are not legitimate emails.
 
 
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
If you receive an email like this, do not click on the link. If a phishing or spam email makes its way into your inbox, please forward it according to the directions at
http://support.cc.gatech.edu/support-tools/faq/what-should-i-do-when-i-receive-spam-or-phishing-email to improve the accuracy of GT's filters.
You can learn to recognize phishing emails. They frequently contain poor grammar and unusual wording. Sometimes they will use a legitimate-looking email address, but they don't always. In some cases, there is a mismatch between the name and the email address in the From field. However, these are not always present. The tell-tale sign is to check without clicking the links to see where they point to. Phishing emails want you to visit a site with an unusual URL that has nothing to do with the purported sender. In the example below, the link points to a site unrelated to the purported sender.
 
 
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Subject:     [<REMOVED>] convincing
Date:     Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:36:45 +0000
To:     "<REMOVED>@lists.gatech.edu" <<REMOVED>@lists.gatech.edu>
From:     "<REMOVED>@gmail.com" <<REMOVED>@gmail.com>

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Go here <http://1f174a5132afb6325.922e7a6e09b.a805da10a6a474057bc6a343b.<REMOVED>.com/?dh=1f174a5132afb6325c45003e27ab0408&ucpzzo=oJIxnKEuqTyiozAfqJWNoTymqUZhM2S0MJAbYzIxqD==&gsmi5bh=M21unJjhL29g&dbhz=7.2.4834&lvj=823762&bxm=s_181&ciba=8&ch=1472517405> to read the email


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