U.S. Presidential Election and Phishing Scams

13. September 2008 by admin.

U.S. Presidential Election and Phishing Scams

added September 10, 2008 at 09:18 am

Throughout the United States presidential election campaigns, US-CERT has received reports of phishing
scams and email attacks related to the upcoming election. US-CERT reminds users to remain cautious when receiving unsolicited email messages that are related to the presidential election and presidential candidates because the messages may be part of a phishing scam.

US-CERT encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:

• Use caution when opening unsolicited email messages.
• Do not follow unsolicited web links found in email messages.
• Use caution when entering sensitive information online.
• Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information
  on avoiding email scams.
• Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more
  information on social engineering attacks.

Source: US-CERT

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