“Virtual job-Fair” Impersonation Job Scams

Mon, 10 May 2021 22:09:42 -0400
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The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen more similar reports of a scammer using compromised UMBC accounts and claiming to be the Online employment coordinator for career and talent management. Below is the most recent example of this scam with the names and emails removed for privacy reasons.

From: (compromised user) <(compromised)@umbc.edu>

Date: Tue, May 4, 2021

Subject: Virtual job-Fair

To:

Hello, my name is Ben. I am currently the Online employment coordinator for Career & Talent Management which offers Virtual Career Fair for undergraduates and graduates There is a Part time virtual 'personal assistant' job available.Kindly send in a reply with your Resume and phone number if you are interested in a job.

The scammer is claiming to be UMBC’s online employment coordinator and is offering a part time job as a virtual “personal assistant.” Even though this email looks to be coming from a UMBC user, the reply-to within the headers are set to <careerjobsdepartment@outlook.com> which is a red-flag for phishing emails.

This campaign is similar to one DoIT has seen recently. All these campaigns use compromised UMBC accounts and the same reply-to email address <careerjobsdepartment@outlook.com>. For more information on these similar campaigns please see this article: https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?id=101502.

If you have received this or a similar scam (like the ones linked above), please do not respond or click on any URLs.

What to do now?

If you do receive this 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 you responded to the scam or not, 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.