Dear Students,
We are writing to make you aware of ongoing phishing scams targeting students with fraudulent internship and research opportunities. These messages are designed to appear legitimate but are intended to collect your personal information or gain unauthorized access to your accounts.
While Arcadia University IT is proactively working to mitigate the impact of phishing, the evolving nature of external senders makes it impossible to block all malicious content entirely. Please be aware that while the majority of these threats are automatically filtered or blocked by Google, some may still reach your inbox.
Official Resource Verification
The Office of Career Education encourages students to use our official job and internship platform, Handshake https://arcadia.joinhandshake.com/edu , as the primary and most trusted source for vetted opportunities. Positions shared through Handshake are reviewed through our employer approval process. We also direct students to our official Office of Career Education (Career Launchpad) https://careerlaunchpad.arcadia.edu/ , which includes guidance on safe job searching and links to verified resources. We strongly reinforce that if an opportunity is not shared through our official channels, students should proceed with caution and verify directly with our office before engaging.
Communication Standards
The Office of Career Education does not typically send unsolicited individual internship advertisements directly to students. When we share opportunities broadly, communications originate from official @arcadia.edu email addresses or are distributed through Handshake announcements, newsletters, or university-approved communication platforms. We do not request sensitive personal information or financial details via email.
Please be cautious of emails that exhibit the following characteristics:
Originate from external email addresses that are not affiliated with the University, even if the display name appears familiar.
Request for personal information, such as your resume, personal email address, home address, or phone number.
Request for sensitive credentials, including passwords - no legitimate organization will ever ask for your password via email.
Instruct you to contact a different external email address or individual that may resemble a professor’s or staff member’s name but is not an official University account.
Suggest to communicate via an unknown or unofficial phone number provided in the email.
Instruct you to contact the sender via a personal email address rather than an official university or professional account.
Claim to originate from a university office, such as the “Office of Career Education” without providing verifiable proof of legitimacy.
Please note that even emails that appear to come from legitimate sources can be compromised or spoofed. Spoofing is a technique where attackers manipulate the sender information to make an email appear as though it is coming from a trusted source, when in fact it is not.
We Encourage you TO:
Report any suspicious emails or activity to the IT Security Team (By creating a Zendesk ticket with the email screenshot or by clicking on 3 dots in Gmail message “Report Phishing Email”)
If you have concerns or believe your account may be compromised, please contact the IT Help Desk (helpdesk@arcadia.edu) or Security Team for assistance
Please see the screenshot of the sample phishing emails:
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