How can I recognize a phishing attempt?

Sometimes it's difficult to tell when a message is truly from one of the many IT support groups at Rutgers and when it's a phishing attempt. There are two quick ways to spot a fake. Valid messages:

• will come from an individual, not a group with a generic name such as "Help Desk," "Account Service" or "the IT Management Team"
• will never ask you to log in with your NetID and password through a non-Rutgers site such as Google Docs or Formlogix

When in doubt, forward it to Help Desk at help@camden.rutgers.edu for advice. RU-Camden Information Technology maintains a Phishing Line listing messages that have been identified as phishing.