Embedded Files
Never enter your password on a form!
Never enter your password on a form!
Genuine HCC Google Form shown above
Look at the footer of a Google Form -- the part below the Submit button -- before submitting the form. It is small text, but very important.
Never submit a password on a Google Form. If it is asking for a password it is fake.
Be careful of other information you are asked to enter. Especially if it is an unsolicited -- you didn't ask for it -- email message that sent it to you.Check where the form was created. A legitimate HCC form will say "This form was created inside of Holyoke Community College." If it doesn't say anything, it is a private Gmail account and could be anyone.
You can Report a form to Google if it is part of a phishing campaign.
Forms from other providers may have different reporting methods.
Other form providers have reporting options as well.
May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
Holyoke Community College Financial Aid Office
Your funds are waiting for you!
Holyoke Community College Financial Aid Office
Your funds are waiting for you!
Another attachment with a fake BankMobile message.
"Holyoke Community College. has funds pending for you.
From time to time We may have money to deliver to you. Once you select your preference, all funds will be delivered to you according to your choice. You may also modify your preference online at any time
Please follow the instructions below to select a delivery preference. If your funds consist of a Title IV federal financial aid refund you may pick up your payment immediately at Cashier Office, Building A, 303 Homestead Ave., Holyoke, MA 01040
443-885-3333. 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
Please consult your school's website to determine campus accessibility. If your school is closed, do not visit campus."
Don't fall for it.
The real way to manage your electronic transfer accounts is from your myHCC Dashboard through TouchNet.
myHCC Dashboard → My Tuition and Aid → Direct Deposit - Option 1 → Electronic Refunds.
Contact Student Accounts with any questions on refunds.
May 5, 2026
May 5, 2026
Part Time Personal Assistant
Part Time Personal Assistant
Another Fake Job offer:
We have a great opportunity for students who are interested in becoming a Personal Assistant (Remote).
As part of this position, you will enjoy a fantastic working environment, growth, and a CEO who values and celebrates their employees. To qualify for this position, you should have strong service skills, a flexible attitude, and strong teamwork skills. Excellent benefits are also available.
There will be only 8 hours needed to do this part-time job per week. This part-time job is fun, flexible, and rewarding, with fair wages.
Position: Personal Assistant
Type: Part-Time Job
Hours: Average of 11hrs weekly
pay: 450$ weekly.
Why wouldn't they want you to send from your school email account? $450 for 11 hours? Sounds too good to be true.
PCH $1,000,000 SuperPrize Official
PCH $1,000,000 SuperPrize Official
Fake Prize.
Congratulations,
We apologize for the late announcement of your winning prize to you.
I am delighted to inform you that your name and school email was luckily selected among the Five(5) lucky winners who won the sum of (1,000,000,USD) with a forever paycheck and brand new truck congratulations.
CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS
NO PURCHASE OR FEE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
Don't fall for it.
April 8, 2026
April 8, 2026
Office of Student Accounts! BankMobile Disbursements
Office of Student Accounts! BankMobile Disbursements
Another attachment with a fake BankMobile message.
"You have a pending refund scheduled to be processed to your account. However, we are currently unable
to complete the transaction due to missing verification details.
Action Required: Your refund is awaiting confirmation."
Don't fall for it.
The real way to manage your electronic transfer accounts is from your myHCC Dashboard through TouchNet.
myHCC Dashboard → My Tuition and Aid → Direct Deposit - Option 1 → Electronic Refunds.
Contact Student Accounts with any questions on refunds.
April 4, 2026
April 4, 2026
Student Account Verification
Student Account Verification
Fake message:
We'll be deactivating your student account shortly.
Click HERE to halt deactivation and fill the form to update your account.
IT Support Desk
Microsoft@2026
All Rights Reserved.
NEVER enter your password in plain text on a form.
April 2, 2026
April 2, 2026
HCC Important Information Action Now
HCC Important Information Action Now
Fake message:
This is the last time we will notify you that we'll stop processing incoming emails in your school account, and the reason is you failed to verify your account which may lead to the permanent deletion of your account from our database in the next few hours. to verify this click link
NOTE: While filling the form, "ADP Protected" MEANS YOUR PASSWORD that you currently use to log into your Office 365 edu email account.
Warm Regards
If the message is sending you to a place where they can't write the word "Password" then you know it is fake.
NEVER enter your password in plain text on a form.
April 1, 2026
April 1, 2026
Holyoke Community College Financial Aid Office
Holyoke Community College Financial Aid Office
Talk about April Fools
This is an attachment with a fake BankMobile message.
"From time to time your school may have money to deliver to you. Once you select your preference, all funds will be delivered to you according to your choice. You may also modify your preference online at any time..."
Don't fall for it.
The real way to manage your electronic transfer accounts is from your myHCC Dashboard through TouchNet.
myHCC Dashboard → My Tuition and Aid → Direct Deposit - Option 1 → Electronic Refunds.
Contact Student Accounts with any questions on refunds.
March 18, 2026
March 18, 2026
**Action Required**
**Action Required**
Fake message:
Have you requested to terminate or shut down your account? If so, please disregard this message.
If you did not make this request, you must respond immediately by re-verifying your email account, this is a measure just to verify and unmark your account out of termination.. Failure to respond will result in the account shutdown process beginning right away by the administrator.
If the message is sending you to a place where they can't write the word "Password" then you know it is fake.
NEVER enter your password in plain text on a form.
March 15, 2026
March 15, 2026
PT Remote Admin Asst
PT Remote Admin Asst
Another Fake Job offer:
Please Note: This position has received formal approval and is officially recognized by the institution.
This is like saying "No, this isn't a scam."
PT Remote Admin Asst
PT Remote Admin Asst
Another Fake Job offer:
Flexible Opportunity to work remotely where you will determine your working time. You can be in any location and work from your home/school.
Position P.A : Personal Assistant & Errand Carried out
Type : Part-Time Job
Monday- Saturday : Working Days
Weekends : ( Sunday OFF)
Working Hour : 1 Hour 30 min Per Day
Weekly Payment : $450
Communication Skills : English
Why wouldn't they want you to send from your school email account? $450 for 90 minutes of work a day? Sounds too good to be true.
February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026
2026REMITTANCE
2026REMITTANCE
DocuSign has been used a lot for sending phishing messages. The message appears to come from the valis DocuSign email address, but the attachment or link is fraudulent.
Most of these are being caught by the spam filter.
Employee Handbook-Agreement, Bonus & Increment Strategy e-Sign Memo
Employee Handbook-Agreement, Bonus & Increment Strategy e-Sign Memo
Fake Employee Handbook from Quickbooks
Contact The Office of People and Talent with any questions on employee handbook.
Think twice before scanning a QR code. Not all of them are what they claim.
February 23, 2026
February 23, 2026
Verification of Account
Verification of Account
Claiming to be from CITS Service Desk Team.
Uses a Google form to collect information.
Generic greeting and warning.
Contact Help Desk with any questions on your account.
Note:
Student accounts are deleted one (1) year after the last registered class.
Faculty and staff accounts are disabled immediately when leaving the college.
February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026
BMTX_Validation
BMTX_Validation
Claiming to be from Financial Aid.
Uses a Google form to collect information.
The real way to manage your electronic transfer accounts is from your myHCC Dashboard through TouchNet.
myHCC Dashboard → My Tuition and Aid → Direct Deposit - Option 1 → Electronic Refunds.
Contact Student Accounts with any questions on refunds.
February 13, 2026
February 13, 2026
Invitation to Join HCC Work-Study Program
Invitation to Join HCC Work-Study Program
From an outside email address, sent to several HCC recipients
Too good to be true compensation.
Contact Financial Aid with any questions on work-study.
February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026
Important information to verify your account
Important information to verify your account
Claiming to be from Support Team but from a student account.
"You failed to verify your Microsoft account."
HCC does not verify individual user accounts.
Uses a Google form to collect information.
Contact Help Desk with any questions on your account.
February 14, 2025
February 14, 2025
Urgent: Multi-Factor Authentication Expiration Today
Urgent: Multi-Factor Authentication Expiration Today
This one is a bit laughable. It was sent to users at the wrong HCC.
January 13, 2025
January 13, 2025
Looking for Part - Time Jobs?
Looking for Part - Time Jobs?
From students.panola.edu; likely a compromised account.
undisclosed-recipients means it was sent to you with BCC
February 16, 2024
February 16, 2024
University Job Placement Agency
University Job Placement Agency
Fake job offer
Too good to be true: Part-time job amounts to $40 an hour.
HCC Executive Assistant Position
HCC Executive Assistant Position
Fake job offer
February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024
Update Transcript & Student Record
Update Transcript & Student Record
Fake message urging students to update their information on a fraudulent Google Form that was created from within North Carolina Central University Google workspace.
Google Form used as sign in page
Never submit your password in a Google Form.
Make sure the form is letgitimate
SCHOOL OFF-CAMPUS HIRING
SCHOOL OFF-CAMPUS HIRING
Obviously fake job offer.
HCC Graduate students
The School Endorsed This Job Offer
December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023
Great Extra Income
Great Extra Income
Too good to be true part-time job offer.
Work from home for 2-4 hour for $550 a week? And you'll cover my expenses and taxes? Yes please.
I love that they point out it is a "real" job.
August 14, 2023
August 14, 2023
Duo Activation
Duo Activation
Claiming to be from IT Helpdesk.
Coincides with HCC using Duo, but the Google form is fake.
This is not how we activate Duo.
Contact Help Desk with any questions on MFA.
Form is from a different institution's Google Workspace instance.
Use the Report Abuse link.
July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023
July Employee: Staff Development Reimbursement Agreement
July Employee: Staff Development Reimbursement Agreement
Fake form from another institution's Google Workspace.
Check the bottom of the form to ensure that the form was created insidde of Holyoke Community College.
Never submit passwords through Google Forms
August 31, 2022
August 31, 2022
Important Update - Action Required!
Important Update - Action Required!
Claiming to be from IT Helpdesk.
Always check the full From address, including the domain name.
Check the To (addressee). This may look like a proper address, but it is not.
Confirm wording in the message; we are not a University.
Always verify the URL before proceeding. Hover over the link to see the URL address at the bottom of the screen. Find the top-level domain (the .com .edu .org .net .gov) and look to the immediate left to see where the address is actually taking you.
In this one, it is multiscreensite.com. All other information is designed to convince you that it is authentic.An example of an authentic HCC address. Note the hcc.edu is close to the left. Look for the dots (as in .com .edu .org .gov .us .net) to see where you are going.
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