During the past week, DOIT has received notifications of several phishing emails. Below is a sample of a Phishing message that over 600 UMBC students have received. For privacy purposes the To field was removed.
From: Summer Woodforest <summerwoodforest@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 8:30 AM
Subject: CORNERSTONE JOB OFFER.
Dear student,
We got your contact through your school database and I'm happy to inform you that our reputable company Cornerstone® is currently running a student empowerment program. This program is completely school oriented as it has been designed not to deter you from all school activities which is priority for you and this organisation. This program is to help loyal and hardworking students like you secure a part time job with an attractive weekly salary.
TO PROCEED WITH THIS JOB OFFER, KINDLY REPLY TO THIS MAIL WITH YOUR ALTERNATE E-MAIL ADDRESS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION.
Best Regards,
Summer Wood,
HR Recruit Manager/Consultant
Cornerstone®,
Staffing-Solutions
Similar phishing emails were received from the following addresses listed below:
Gavan Ryan <ryangavan724@gmail.com>
Clerk Trevor <clerktrevor@gmail.com>
If you have received any message similar to the one listed above, please forward the message to security@umbc.edu. Please attach the email headers, information on how to find the email headers can be found here: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970
DO NOT RESPOND to this email, if you have done so already please contact us immediately at security@umbc.edu.
For more information on scams and phishing handling, please visit https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=36766495
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