Another UMBC Administrative Assistant Job Scam Variant

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:50:22 -0400
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The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) continues to receive reports of new variants of phishing emails claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant at UMBC.

Here is an example of the latest variant of this scam email:

From: Dr Jeremy <barry01d1@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:55 PM

Subject: UMBC Student Job

To:

University of Maryland, Baltimore County is seeking

a Research Administrative Assistant /services of a

competent Computer Science Student, Administrative Assistant

to work Part-time and get paid $350 weekly. Tasks will be

carried out remotely. If interested, Do text your name to

(443) 437-4263 so as to proceed

Best Regards,

Dr Jeremy Dixon

Information Technology & Engineering,

Room 325J

This email was sent from a Gmail account, not from Dr. Dixon’s or any official UMBC account. In addition, like previous versions of this scam, the email claims to offer a job at UMBC, but asks the victim to use text messaging which leaves no record of the communications in UMBC systems. If you receive this email or anything similar, do not respond.

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.