Another “UMBC Student Employment!” Scam

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:29:00 -0400
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The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is continuing to receive reports of new variants of a job scam claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant at UMBC. Below is an example of one of these variants where the scammer is impersonating Abigail Granger.

From: Dr Abigail <nsmith11@umbc.edu>

Date: Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:29 AM

Subject: UMBC Student Employment!

To:

University of Maryland, Baltimore County is seeking

a Research Administrative Assistant /services of a

competent Environmental Engineering (ENEN) Student,

Administrative Assistant to work Part-time and get paid

$350 weekly. Tasks will be carried out remotely. If interested,

Do text your name to (443) 437-4263 so as to proceed

Best Regards,

Dr Abigail Granger

1000 Hilltop Circle

Baltimore, MD 21250

Phone: (443) 437-4263 | Fax: (410) 455-3322

The message above has been sent from a Gmail account <nsmith11@umbc.edu>, not Abigail Granger’s or any official UMBC account. In addition, the email claims to offer a job at UMBC, but asks the recipients to use text messaging which leaves no record of the communication in UMBC systems. If you receive this or anything similar, please do not respond.