Scam alerts

With the start of the new semester, job scams are on the rise. Scammers lure you with the promise of high pay and easy work to trick you into clicking links and sending your personal information. Learn how to recognize and report phishing.

Scam alert messages

Beware of these scams!

Scam email subject lines

UW–‍Madison staff and students periodically receive malicious messages from @wisc.edu senders. This table contains a list of email Subjects associated with recent fake emails and the approximate date they were identified as scams.

If you’ve recently received an email to your @wisc.edu account and are unsure whether it’s real or a scam, you can check it against this table. If you are still unsure whether the message is legitimate, please contact the Help Desk.

Be suspicious!