{"id":871,"date":"2015-04-28T18:23:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T22:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=871"},"modified":"2023-12-14T03:05:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T08:05:12","slug":"security-update-be-aware-of-imposter-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=871","title":{"rendered":"Security Update: Be Aware of Imposter Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #333333;\">Over the past year, there has been an uptick in the frequency of so-called imposter scams. These attempts to obtain personal information involve emails and\/or phone calls from a scammer who claims to be contacting you on &#8220;official&#8221; business. These scams often involve direct threats and they can be very convincing. Click the image below to see a full list of the tactics most often employed so you can be prepared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">If you ever suspect that someone is attempting to scam you via your Simmons email address or phone number, please contact the Service Desk immediately at 617-521-2222. For more information about imposter scams and what you can do to protect yourself, see\u00a0<a style=\"color: #06529e;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/0048-government-imposter-scams\">this guide from the Federal Trade Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #06529e;\" href=\"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/imposter-scams-infographic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/imposter-scams-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"Imposter scam infographic\" width=\"449\" height=\"293\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click the image above to view the full-size infographic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past year, there has been an uptick in the frequency of so-called imposter scams. These attempts to obtain personal information involve emails and\/or phone calls from a scammer who claims to be contacting you on &#8220;official&#8221; business. These scams often involve direct threats and they can be very convincing. Click the image below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[331,335],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technews","tag-331","tag-335"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}