“HOME BASED INTERNSHIP” Job Scam

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:25:48 -0500
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Below is an example of a job scam email offering a fake internship opportunity. In the example below the name of the sender has been removed for privacy reasons.

From: COMPROMISED ACCOUNT <@umbc.edu>

Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2021

Subject: HOME BASED INTERNSHIP!

To:

You have been Offered a Job Opportunity!

You have been offered a Home based Internship Opportunity at the convenience of your home or school, Which serves as a gateway to pay all expenses incurred at Home and on campus. This opportunity should be done at leisure taking at most 1hr/day, 2-3 times a week.

Send your resume to Professor Isabel Montemayor ( isabelmontemayor59@gmail.com ) for the job description.

The job scam email above has the subject “HOME BASED INTERNSHIP!” and is coming from a UMBC email address. The email claims to offer an internship opportunity to users. Please note that this internship is not real. It is a scam.

Even though the email is coming from a UMBC address, it is a bit odd that the message is asking users to send a résumé to <isabelmontemayor59@gmail.com>. This should be a red flag to users to help identify a phishing email.

What to do now?

If you do receive any of these scams shown above or a similar scam, please DO NOT respond any further or click on any URLs. If you have provided any banking or financial information, please notify your bank or financial institution immediately. If you have been sent a check, you should not attempt to cash or deposit it. If you have deposited a check already, please contact your bank and tell them that it may be part of a scam.

Whether or not you responded to the scam, please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu. We will also keep track of any other information you submit about the scammers, such as their phone numbers. If you were sent a check or other materials, please send pictures of it and the envelope they came in.

How do I forward full email headers?

https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970

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