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Instructional and Information Technology Services (IITS)

Phishing Summer 2025

What is Phishing? 

Please visit our page on phishing to learn not only what it is but get some tips on how to detect it.

Examples of Phishing Emails

Below are examples of recent phishing messages that have been sent to our campus this summer. CSUSM will never email a link to a form asking for your email and password in order to "Verify your account" or "Avoid deactivation".

  • phishing summer 2
  • phishing summer 3
  • phishing summer 1

Objective

Exercise caution when encountering unfamiliar URLs or those not belonging to a CSUSM webpage. For added security, consider seeking a second opinion from helpdesk@csusm.edu before accessing potentially malicious content.