Message on behalf of Joseph Scully, Senior Vice President and CFO, and Mira Lalovic-Hand, Senior Vice President and CIO:

As tax season approaches, we would like to warn Rowan University employees of scams aiming to trick people into giving personal information to cybercriminals who want to profit from stolen data. One scam that circulated in previous years targeted tax records through emails that notified employees their W-2 forms were ready to view online and provided a direct link to view the form.

Rowan University will never send you an email with a direct link to view or print your W-2 form.

If you elected to print your W-2 form online from Self-Service Banner, instructions on how to do so are available on the Payroll Services website.

The Information Security Office at Rowan University would also like to remind all University employees of the spear phishing and social engineering examples covered in their security awareness training modules and urge you to:

• Never divulge any personal information in response to an email, social media request or phone call. If there is reason to believe that the request is real, please contact the Technology Support Center at 856-256-4400 or support@rowan.edu to verify.
• Never click on links or open attachments contained in unsolicited email messages.
• Before clicking on any link in an email, always verify the link’s legitimacy by hovering your cursor over the link to see where it leads.
• Never use the same password for your email account, bank accounts, social media, etc. In the event you do fall victim to a phishing scam, the thieves may attempt to use your stolen password in as many places as they can.
• If you suspect that you have been compromised, change all of your passwords as quickly as possible and inform the Technology Support Center.
• Take extra precaution when using your mobile device to view email. It may be easier to miss telltale signs of phishing attempts when reading email on a smaller screen.

Please contact the Technology Support Center at 856-256-4400 or support@rowan.edu with any questions.

Contact Information:

Technology Support Center
856-256-4400
support@rowan.edu