Student Finance Phishing Scam

Please please those students who get this email be very wary it is a scam:

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the Directgov image is valid and the email purports to come from Student Finance studentfinancee@direct.gov.uk

but the link “here” is some weird scamming site:

http://afzalmulla    .com/  studentfinancegov  .htm

DO NOT CLICK IT, DO NOT GIVE INFORMATION.

If you are worried then go to the Directgov site from the address bar and make sure it is correct. They have a page explaining what to do

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_191026

I went to their homepage and put Phishing in the search bar to find that, I suggest you do too.

Careful with email purportedly from CNN

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This email did not come from CNN, it contains spurious links that will load spam bots and other malware on your computers.

The content changes such that the actual story might exist on CNN

If you are registered with CNN for their news alerts or are interested in the content then for the time being go to the CNN home page and search from there, do not click the email links.