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<Title>"Job Opening&#8221; Administrative Assistant Job Scam</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p><span>The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of another administrative assistant job scam. Below is an example of this job scam email in which the scammer is claiming to be someone named  Johnson David and, at the same time, UMBC’s Professor Lynnda Dahlquist.</span></p><br><div><table><colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><p><span>From: Johnson David &lt;<a href="mailto:jd0307263@gmail.com">jd0307263@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span></p><p><span>Date: Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:19 PM</span></p><p><span>Subject: Job Opening</span></p><p><span>To:</span></p><br><br><p><span>The services of a student administrative assistant is urgently required to work part-time and get paid $300 weekly. Tasks will be carried out remotely and work time is 7hrs/week.</span></p><p><span>If interested, send a copy of your updated resume and a functional whatsapp number to our Department of Psychology via this email address to proceed.</span></p><br><p><span>Sincerely</span></p><p><span>Lynnda Dahlquist, Ph.D.</span></p><p><span>Professor</span></p><p><span>Department of Psychology</span></p><p><span>Office: Math/Psychology 335</span></p><p><span>Lab: Sondheim 511</span></p><p><span>Website: Pediatric Psychology Lab</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p><span>The scam message above is coming from a Gmail account &lt;</span><a href="mailto:jd0307263@gmail.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>jd0307263@gmail.com</span></a><span>&gt; and not any official UMBC account. The message is claiming to offer students a remote position as an administrative assistant for the Department of Psychology.</span></p><br><p><span>The scammer is asking students who are interested to reply with a copy of their resume and a functional whatsapp number. If you receive this or any similar message, please do not respond.</span></p><br><p><span>What to do now?</span></p><br><p><span>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.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>Whether you responded to the scam or not, please forward the message (with the email headers) to <a href="mailto:security@umbc.edu">security@umbc.edu</a>. 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.</span></p><br><p><span>How do I forward full email headers?</span></p><p><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970</span></a><span> </span></p><br><p><span>To read more articles published by DoIT Security please visit: </span></p><p><a href="https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice</span></a><span>.    </span></p><p><a href="https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/home/covid-19-news/?tag=covid19" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/home/covid-19-news/?tag=covid19</span></a><span>  </span></p></div>
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<Summary>The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of another administrative assistant job scam. Below is an example of this job scam email in which the scammer is claiming to be...</Summary>
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<Title>New Update to Respondus Lockdown Browser Released</Title>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="101092" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/101092">
<Title>Finalize Ultra gradebooks with new drop grades function</Title>
<Tagline>Much needed feature finally arrives to Ultra courses in May</Tagline>
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<Title>Using WebEx for Live Instruction and Collaborative Learning</Title>
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<Title>WARNING - Report of an Insurance Scam</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received notification of a telephone insurance scam.  The call came from 1-443-887-3438 and the caller id display UMBC.<br><br><div><u><strong>THIS IS NOT A UMBC NUMBER!</strong></u></div><div><br></div><div>Caller id results can be spoofed.  If you get a call from someone claiming to be from UMBC and talking about insurance, PLEASE do not give the caller any personal information.  <br></div><div><br></div><div>Please DO notify us by sending a message to: <a href="mailto:security@umbc.edu">security@umbc.edu</a>.  We appreciate any information you can provide.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about phone scams, please refer to:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0208-phone-scams">https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0208-phone-scams</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>For information about recent health care scams, please refer to:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/health-insurance-scam-attempts-spike-during-open-enrollment">https://www.fcc.gov/health-insurance-scam-attempts-spike-during-open-enrollment</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p><span>For more articles published by DoIT Security please visit: </span></p><p><a href="https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice</span></a><span>.    </span></p><p><a href="https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/home/covid-19-news/?tag=covid19" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/home/covid-19-news/?tag=covid19</span></a><span>  <br></span></p></div></div>
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<Title>Another &#8220;Hiring for Research Assistants&#8221; Job Scam</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p><span>The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is receiving reports of a job scam claiming to offer a remote position to students to work for the Information Technology center. Below is an example of this job scam where the scammer is claiming to be a Professor Garrick Ruth and Yarazeth Medina.</span></p><br><div><table><colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><p><span>From: Prof Garrick Ruth &lt;<a href="mailto:profgarrickruth@gmail.com">profgarrickruth@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span></p><p><span>Date: Fri, Apr 9, 2021</span></p><p><span>Subject: Hiring for Research Assistants</span></p><p><span>To:</span></p><br><br><p><span>  The Information Technology Center is currently hiring students to work remotely as Research assistants and get paid $300 weekly.</span></p><p><span>To proceed with the application process submit your full name, functional phone number and major via this email address or text the Center director (747) 255-2483.</span></p><br><p><span>sincerely</span></p><p><span>Yarazeth Medina</span></p><p><span>Assistant Director Graduate Student Development</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p><span>The message above was sent from a Gmail account &lt;</span><a href="mailto:profgarrickruth@gmail.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>profgarrickruth@gmail.com</span></a><span>&gt; and not any official UMBC account. The email is claiming to offer a job as a research assistant and is asking students who are interested to reply by email or text with their full name, functional phone number and major. </span></p><br><p><span>Please note that UMBC has no organization called the “Information Technology Center”. If you receive this or any similar message, please do not respond.</span></p><br><p><span>What to do now?</span></p><br><p><span>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.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>Whether you responded to the scam or not, please forward the message (with the email headers) to <a href="mailto:security@umbc.edu">security@umbc.edu</a>. 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.</span></p><br><p><span>How do I forward full email headers?</span></p><p><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970</span></a><span> </span></p><br><p><span>To read more articles published by DoIT Security please visit: </span></p><p><a href="https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice</span></a><span>.    </span></p><p><a href="https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/home/covid-19-news/?tag=covid19" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/home/covid-19-news/?tag=covid19</span></a><span>  </span></p></div>
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<Title>&#8220;UMBC Student Employment&#8221; Impersonation Job Scam</Title>
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