"Job Opening” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:05:39 -0400
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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.

From: Johnson David <jd0307263@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:19 PM

Subject: Job Opening

To:

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.

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.

Sincerely

Lynnda Dahlquist, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Psychology

Office: Math/Psychology 335

Lab: Sondheim 511

Website: Pediatric Psychology Lab

The scam message above is coming from a Gmail account <jd0307263@gmail.com> 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.

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.