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Fake Jobs Offered From Real (Stolen) UMBC E-mail Accounts
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a scammer using compromised UMBC email accounts to send job scams. Below are examples of these scams with the names and email...
May 4, 2021
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6:36 PM
Biological Sciences is NOT hiring adminstrative assistants
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a scammer claiming to offer students a position as an administrative assistant. The scammer is also claiming to be both Jose...
May 4, 2021
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11:05 AM
On Monday, April 26th, DoIT applied a patch to UMBC’s single sign-on solution, WebAuth, that improves security and lays the foundation for future enhancements. As a result of this change, WebAuth...
May 3, 2021
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4:41 PM
Telephone Scam - Fake Insurance
There have been reports to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) that a scammer is calling people and claiming to be from UMBC.The scammer is said to be trying to run an insurance scam and...
April 26, 2021
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3:52 PM
Fake Paychecks for Fake Jobs
The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified of a scam. The scammer, impersonating a member of the UMBC staff, asks users to deposit a fake check. Attached below is a sample...
April 26, 2021
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3:49 PM
Fake Job Offer for Health Administration and Policy Program
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...
April 22, 2021
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8:27 PM
No. Really. Your Supervisor Can Buy Their Own Gift Cards
The scam email below has recently been reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The example below has the scammer claiming to be UMBC’s Sarah Chard but please note that the...
April 22, 2021
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8:09 PM
Fake Job Offer for Department of Psychology
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...
April 22, 2021
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8:05 PM
Scammer Claims To Be From UMBC
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. THIS IS NOT A UMBC...
April 14, 2021
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1:30 PM
More Fake Jobs Offers
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...
April 13, 2021
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3:13 PM