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SFU students and faculty targeted by email scams

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer   SFU students and faculty have expressed concern over a variety of scam emails received in the past few months, sent from what appear to be SFU email accounts. The emails range from promoting weight loss plans to linking users to “interesting” articles. The Peak asked Steve Hillman, an IT architect at SFU IT department, about these emails and about what SFU students can do to better protect themselves.   How do these scams work? Hillman explained that email messages that may target SFU accounts can be grouped into categories based on the information…

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