“Part- time administrative Assistants” Job Scam

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:04:11 -0400
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The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is receiving reports of a job scam claiming to offer a remote position as an administrative/research assistant. Below is an example of this job scam where the scammer is claiming to be either a Professor Fei Cheng or Professor Moon, J. Donald, or possibly both.

From: Prof Fei Cheng <nengenengab@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 10:35 AM

Subject: Part- time administrative Assistants

To:

The services of a student administrative/ research assistant is urgently required to work part-time and get paid $300 weekly.

This position is open to under- graduate students only and tasks will be carried out remotely.

If interested, reply via this email address with a copy of your updated resume or a functional phone number for further details or text the center director on (623) 455-5986.

sincerely

Professor. Moon, J. Donald

Administrative Assistants.

The message above is being sent from a Gmail account <nengenengab@gmail.com> and not a UMBC account. This is not the first time DoIT has seen a campaign from this email address, for more information on a previous campaign click here: https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?id=100402

The email is claiming to offer a job as an administrative/research assistant. The email is asking recipients to respond either by email or text with their resume and a functional phone number. If you receive this or any similar email, please do not respond.