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- Do NOT open attachments you are not expecting (even if you know the sender).
- Do NOT click on links provided in e‑mails you are not expecting or have not requested, e.g. e‑mails from companies advertising services or products.
- Checking a Link: In any e-mail, it's always a good idea to hover your mouse over the link to see if the link displayed is the actual website that it's going to take you to. It's very easy to disguise a link. For example, I can include this link to http://www.google.com but in reality it's taking you to the Cornell phishbowl. Go
- Go ahead and hover your mouse over this link now
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- In your e-mail message, a little box
- shows you the true web address you will go to if you click on it.
- In your web browser, if you look in the lower left corner, you can see the true web address.
- No one (Cornell, the helpdesk, me...) should ever ask for your NetID password. It is against Cornell policy.
- Checking a Link: In any e-mail, it's always a good idea to hover your mouse over the link to see if the link displayed is the actual website that it's going to take you to. It's very easy to disguise a link. For example, I can include this link to http://www.google.com but in reality it's taking you to the Cornell phishbowl. Go
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