Don’t fall for Penn State Password Scams

Penn State will never ask you for your Access ID password by email.   Many times you will receive fake emails that appear to come from the ITS helpdesk.  Many of these can be easily discounted because the return address is phony or verbage in the email is obviously fake and can be ignored.  But sometimes the email scam can look fairly legitimate.

Every year you are required to change your Access ID password, you will start receiving emails that look like this:

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Whether you forget your password or your password will expire soon or has expired (like mine has above) the only website you need to know is:

https://www.work.psu.edu/password

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You will then click on the appropriate link and change your password as necessary.