This guide walks you through the steps to report a phishing email in your Hope College Gmail account. Reporting phishing helps protect both you and the broader Hope community from malicious attacks that attempt to steal personal information or login credentials.

By properly flagging suspicious messages, you assist IT Services in blocking future threats.

 Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

1. Access to your Hope College Gmail account on a desk/laptop. 

2. A suspicious email that you believe may be phishing.

 Instructions

1. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the email

2. Click on Report phishing

 Tips & Notes

• If you are using a mobile device, please forward the email to [email protected]. 
• Check out The Hope College Phish Bowl to see a collection of real phishing attempts.
• Also view How to avoid scams by FTC to learn how to protect yourself.
• Reporting a phishing email moves it to your Spam folder and alerts Google and Hope College IT Services so they can take action if needed.

• Do not click on any links or download attachments in suspected phishing emails.

• If you're unsure whether an email is legitimate, forward it to [email protected] for review.

• You can also report phishing in the Gmail mobile app using the same method.