Email Deception

One of the best things to do if you think you've been deceived by virtue of a hoax, phish, scam, or spoof is to change your password by clicking the "Change password" link below the Login button on any BYUI Login page.  For more information, read on:

Hoax: An untrue, invalid, or outdated email message written to convince the recipient to send the message to others. 

• http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/
• http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/
• http://hoaxbusters.org/
• http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/vir...esaz/index.htm A-Z listing of Virus Hoaxes
• http://antivirus.about.com/library/blenhoax.htm - Hoax Encyclopedia
• http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm?page=0 - Hoaxes A-Z
• http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html 
• http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...m?PM=n2100601c 
• http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/vir...esaz/index.htm 
• http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blhoax.htm
• http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/cul...ary/blhoax.htm
• http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp
• http://www.datafellows.com/virus-info/hoax/
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
• https://www.HoaxSlayer.com

Scam: A scheme designed to defraud an individual or corporation. The agents typically promise a large return with little or no risk involved.

• http://www.scambusters.org
• http://www.scamsafe.com/scamsafe/
• http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/
• http://www.scamorama.com/
• http://www.quatloos.com/
• http://securitytracker.com
• http://www.securityfocus.com
• http://scamsafe.com/scamsafe
• http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml
• http://fraudwatchinternational.com
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/security
• http://www.scamorama.com
• http://www.scamwatch.com
• http://www.lenham.net/onlinescams.htm
• http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/scams/page1.htm
• http://www.abusebutler.com/index.php?lang=en
• http://spamvertised.abusebutler.com/spamvertised.php
• http://www.ccmostwanted.com/
• http://www.carbuyingscams.com/
• http://www.online-casinos-scam-alert.com/

Phishing: Pronounced "fishing," the act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

• http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/
• http://www.antiphishing.org

Spoofing: To make a transmission appear to come from a user other than the user who performed the action. 

• http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/
• http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/spoof.asp
• http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-21.html
• http://www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/help...g&spoofing.htm
• http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email....l.spoofing.htm
• http://www.gbp.net/spoofing.html
• http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/biol/help/e-mail/spoof.htm
• http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/20..._is_smart.html
• http://guide.netfronts.com/robo/projects/hsphere_end_user/Email/Article__How_to_Identify_Spoofed_Email.htm