Email Security at UFV

Overview

Your UFV provided email address keeps you connected to important announcements, collaborate with UFV community members, and lets you sign on to several services(e.g., Blackboard/myClass, Office 365 tools, Zoom, and more!). It's important to keep your email account protected; these resources will help you learn how.

Did you know? 79% of account takeover attacks started as a phishing email¹!

Email Security Resources

Junk, spam, and phishing

• How to identify spam and phishing
• External Email Warning
• Manage your Outlook Junk Items Folder
• Report a Suspicious Email

Email delivery

• Blocked Email
• Email Forwarding

FAQs

• UFV Email FAQ
• Spam & Phishing FAQ
• Get help with Outlook on the web (a Microsoft article)

External Resources

Learn more about email security, why and how cyber-criminals send phishing emails, and how you can best protect yourself from these scams:

• Phishing: Don't get reeled in (Government of Canada - Get Cyber Safe)
• 7 Red Flags of Phishing (Government of Canada - Get Cyber Safe)
• A Fraudster's Toolbox (Government of Canada - Get Cyber Safe)
• Real Examples of Fake Emails (Government of Canada - Get Cyber Safe)
• Protect Yourself from Scams and Fraud (Canadian Anti-Fraud Center)
• Phishing Comes in Many Forms (Youtube - 1 minute video)