The Brock community is alerted to beware of a surge of bogus emails in which recipients are prompted to respond or are sometimes directed to make purchases such as iTunes cards.

This type of criminal cyber scheme is not uncommon. Several hundred such emails were sent to Brock addresses over the weekend, many purporting to be from University President Gervan Fearon.

Individuals at Brock should always carefully scrutinize any emails containing unusual messaging or suspicious requests. One way to check the authenticity of a message is to hover your mouse over the return address and confirm the address is what you expect to see.

Anyone with questions or concerns about suspicious emails or cyber activities should contact Brock’s office of Information Technology Services (ITS) at 4357 or email itsecurity@brocku.ca.

Learn more on the ITS Security website.