Email Scams Targeting Students and Young Adults

Students and young adults are prime targets for email scams. Learn how these attacks work and how ShieldForce helps protect vulnerable users.

Students and young adults are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals. With frequent use of email for school, jobs, and financial opportunities, attackers exploit trust, urgency, and lack of experience to carry out scams.

These attacks can have long-lasting financial and emotional consequences.

Common Email Scams Targeting Young People

• Fake job offers
• Scholarship scams
• Internship phishing emails
• Account verification requests
• Free gift or grant scams

These messages often look legitimate and come from spoofed email addresses.

The Impact of these email scams on victims. Victims may experience:

• Financial loss
• Identity theft
• Compromised email and social accounts
• Emotional stress and loss of confidence online

How ShieldForce Helps Protect Young Users

ShieldForce provides protection that does not rely solely on experience:

• Phishing detection blocks scam emails early
• Link analysis prevents access to fake websites
• Domain impersonation detection identifies fake senders
• Continuous monitoring ensures ongoing protection

Students and young adults deserve protection too. ShieldForce helps create a safer digit al environment for learning and growth. Protect students and young users from email scams with ShieldForce.