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All About Phishing

## falsePhishing is

> …the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

([Wikipedia definition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing))

If you receive questionable emails or phone calls of this nature, do not respond. Instead, hang up or delete the message, use the advice provided by [HUIT](http://huit.harvard.edu/all-about-phishing) to asses whether the query is fraudulent, or contact the Help Desk for assistance: call (617) 495–7777 or use Get Help on this site.

Visit[ security.harvard.edu](http://security.harvard.edu/) for more information on how to protect yourself from scams.