Recently DoIT was notified of a job scam email campaign from a compromised UMBC email account. The email has the subject line “WorkStudy!” and is presenting a fake job offer to the user. Below is an example of the job scam email, with the name and email of the From and To removed for privacy reasons.
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From: COMPROMISED ACCOUNT <@umbc.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 4:53 PM Subject: WorkStudy! To: <@umbc.edu> Good Day! I hope you are well. I would like to share with you this job opportunity,you could earn between $100- $240 weekly. This opportunity is only part time and is not expected to clash with your current school/study schedule.Kindly send in an instant reply if you are in search of a job so you can receive further information. |
Please note that the email is coming from a compromised UMBC account but the reply-to in the headers is set to <careerjobsdepartment@outlook.com>. This means that if the user responds to the email they would not be responding to the UMBC email but instead the scammer directly at <careerjobsdepartment@outlook.com>.
If you do receive this or a similar email that you suspect is a scam, please do not click on any URL or reply. Either of those actions confirms to the sender that your email address is valid. Please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu.
How do I forward full email headers?
https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970
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