Characteristics Of Spam Emails & Fraudulent Activity

● Education 2.0 Conference provides a platform to explore ideas to fight fraudulent activity in the education sector that often involves scammers posing as someone they are not. They may create fake websites or social media profiles to appear legitimate.

● They may also use stolen identities or credentials to gain access to educational institutions' systems or databases.

● The panelists of the Education 2.0 Conference’s 2023 editions say that spam emails often have specific characteristics that make them easy to identify. They may come from unfamiliar email addresses or have a generic greeting, such as "Dear Student."

● They may also contain spelling and grammar errors or have a sense of urgency, such as a deadline for a scholarship offer.