Phishing Scam Is Using Financial Aid Language
April 7, 2025
Students and employees are asked to be vigilant when responding to email communications that might appear to be about financial aid.
The college will never request important information by asking you to click on a link or attachment. Official Santa Fe College instructions will always direct you to your existing password protected sign-ins such as eSantafe for students.
Santa Fe College has received phishing attempts from scammers pretending to be financial aid or other official offices or personnel.
Examples of recent phishing subject lines have been: “Pending Allocation,” “Financial Aid Verification,” “SANTA FE COLLEGE Financial Aid,” “Verification/Financial Aid/BankMobile.” There might be others that are similar.
Colleges throughout the Florida College System are experiencing these same phishing scams. The College can block many scam emails and typically can delete them before they are opened. However, it is still possible to receive emails with malicious intentions.
To learn more about phishing scams and how to protect yourself, visit: sfcollege.edu/its/faq/how-to-identify-a-phishing-email.html.
