• Ask for personal information such as your credit card number, PIN number, bank account number, an account password, mother's maiden name, or social security number.
• Use generic salutation such as "Dear Customer" or your e-mail address rather than address you by your name. E-mails from financial institution are personalized.
• Fail to confirm the company does business with you, such as referencing a partial account number.
• Warn you that your account will be shut down unless you reconfirm your financial information.
• Warn that you have been the victim of fraud.
• Have spelling or grammatical errors.

You can e-mail the Network Services Team at: ns@hamilton.edu

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