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Yorkville District 115 warns of online scammers posing as the district to steal sensitive personal information · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville District 115 warns of online scammers posing as the
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  Speaker 1: district to steal sensitive personal information. Written by Joey Weslow.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlit. The Yorkville School District 115 is
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  Speaker 1: warning the community of a series of fraudulent emails appearing
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  Speaker 1: to come from the district that are seeking to steal
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  Speaker 1: passwords and sensitive personal information. The district posted on September
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  Speaker 1: 5th that the phishing emails are targeting members within the community.
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  Speaker 1: Please be advised that the district will never ask for
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  Speaker 1: your passwords or sensitive personal information via email, the district posted.
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  Speaker 1: The district's IT department is actively monitoring the situation and
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  Speaker 1: taking the necessary measures to proactively keep the district secure.
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  Speaker 1: The district listed a series of precautions people can take
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  Speaker 1: to ensure safe online practices including refraining from clicking on
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  Speaker 1: links in emails from unknown or external senders. The district
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  Speaker 1: also said to verify the sender's email address carefully. This
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  Speaker 1: is especially important if the message contains sensitive information, a
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  Speaker 1: password reset, or any urgent action. Another tip includes refraining
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  Speaker 1: from opening or downloading attachments unless you were specifically expecting
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  Speaker 1: them from a verified source. You can learn more about
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  Speaker 1: keeping safe from fraudulent online scammers by following these tips
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  Speaker 1: from the Illinois Department of Transportation, a frequent target of
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  Speaker 1: online scammers.