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In case of victimization, contacting local law enforcement, such as UW Police, is recommended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn More about Holiday Scams at <a href=\"https:\/\/ciso.uw.edu\/2023\/11\/06\/holiday-scams-2023\/\">Holiday scams \u2013 Office of Information Security (uw.edu)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/ciso.uw.edu\/education\/online-training\/phishing-at-uw\/\">Phishing at UW \u2013 Office of Information Security<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the winter holiday season approaches, it is essential to be vigilant against various scams that can manifest through email, text, phone, and social media messages. These scams target university communities with tactics like phishing, gift card scams, fraudulent holiday invitations, and job offers. 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Learn More about Holiday Scams at Holiday scams \u2013 Office of Information Security (uw.edu) Learn more about Phishing at UW \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/newsletter\/november-2023-newsletter\/seasonal-security-tips\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seasonal Security Tips<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/category\/newsletter\/november-2023-newsletter\/\" rel=\"category tag\">November 2023<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Yanko Michea","url":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/author\/ymicheawashington-edu\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5030,"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions\/5030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}