{"id":4482,"date":"2019-04-09T11:13:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T11:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2019-04-09T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T11:13:53","slug":"dont-get-caught-phishing-emails-impersonating-a-blackboard-system-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2019\/04\/09\/dont-get-caught-phishing-emails-impersonating-a-blackboard-system-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Get Caught: Phishing emails impersonating a Blackboard Sys..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve received a number of reports from users who have received phishing emails from an account claiming to be &#8220;Blackboard&#8221;. Some have had a notification of a Voicemail message attached.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4485\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2019\/04\/email-ph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"662\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you do receive a message like this, please delete it immediately and do not click on any links.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have reported these messages to the University&#8217;s spam filter so there shouldn&#8217;t be more of them coming into university inboxes.<\/p>\n<h2>What does a genuine email from Blackboard look like?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackboard Learn does not have a Voicemail function.<\/li>\n<li>Any genuine emails from Blackboard will come from<br \/>\n<strong>do-not-reply@blackboard.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Blackboard notification emails will have the Blackboard Logo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4486\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2019\/04\/email-bb-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:it@reading.ac.uk\">it@reading.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve received a number of reports from users who have received phishing emails from an account claiming to be &#8220;Blackboard&#8221;. 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