Alerting our community to phishing scams targeting U of T students

We are aware of recent scams targeting University of Toronto students through email, particularly requesting tuition or deposit payments. The university never asks students for payment through e-transfer.

• If you’re unsure whether an email that appears to come from the University of Toronto is legitimate, start by checking the Information Security Phish Bowl to see if it’s a known scam.
• Report suspicious messages with the “U of T Report Phishing” feature through your email, or forward it to report.phishing@utoronto.ca.
• If you have already sent money, contact your bank immediately and report the incident to the Toronto Police Service at www.tps.ca/fraud or 416-808-2222.

U of T offers extensive educational resources and programming to support the online safety of students, faculty, staff and librarians, which includes reporting mechanisms, guidance  and examples for members of our community to identify and report phishing, fraud and other security incidents.