Corestaff Services Job Scam “UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE”

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:11:23 -0500
covid19, notice

Below is an example of a job scam phishing email that was recently reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The scam email below has the subject “UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE” and is claiming to offer fake jobs from Corestaff Services to UMBC students.

From: juli woods <juliwoods224@gmail.com>

Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2021

Subject: UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE

To: <@umbc.edu>

Dear students,

The University Of Maryland,Baltimore County health professionals have been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19 over the past four months.Therefore the university is organizing an online part time job to sustain the students living.I'm happy to inform you that our reputable company CORESTAFF SERVICES Inc®,is currently running a student empowerment program.

KINDLY EMAIL BACK WITH YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS IF INTERESTED IN THIS JOB POSITION.

Kind Regards

juli woods

HR Manager/Consultant

CORESTAFF SERVICES Inc®

The goal of this phishing email is to try and get students to reply showing interest in the fake job. DoIT has seen similar scams in which the student’s reply is followed by another email asking for more personal information such as the student’s mailing address, full name, phone number, and date of birth.

If the student responds again with their personal information, the scammers have been known to start texting the student as well as sending a fraudulent check to the provided postal address. If you received a check from this or a similar scam please do not try to deposit the fraudulent check.

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 or not 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 as well.