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Email marketing and the User-Agent-String
When What Looks Like Phishing Is Just Spam
Recently, DOIT received multiple reports of suspicious messages about student loans from email addresses with the format <emails@alert###.info>. The recipients of these messages marked them...
September 13, 2021 · 2:45 PM
SCAM: University of Maryland Personnel Retirement Support
Retirement Phishing Scam
During the past week, the Division of Technology(DOIT) has received phishing reports of scammers impersonating state-licensed retirement support representatives. Below is an example of such a...
August 25, 2021 · 6:15 PM
Retirement Scams
It's All About Getting You To Click That Link
Recently, the Division of Technology(DoIT) has received phishing reports of scammers impersonating state-licensed retirement support representatives. Below is a copy of such a message. The...
August 17, 2021 · 7:35 PM
FAQ - Travel and the UMBC VPN
Helping Secure Your Communications When Off-Campus
If I am a student, can I log in from my country of travel? Yes, as long as you have a valid UMBC account and the country in question allows internet traffic to and from the United States Can I...
August 17, 2021 · 6:10 PM
Fake Message from Department Chair
A Lot Of The Fakes Are Obvious, Or Should Be
Impersonation Phishing Alert: Department head impersonator Recently,  DOIT has received notifications of several phishing emails. These messages impersonated the chairs of multiple departments....
August 17, 2021 · 5:36 PM
“Part-Time Job” Impersonation Job Scam
Prof. Sonnenschein does NOT want to hire you
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of another job scam similar to several seen over the past several months.  Below is the most recent example of this scam with the...
June 23, 2021 · 12:42 PM
Identity Theft
Some Suggestions On Avoiding It
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received several reports of insurance scams via telephone and email. To help protect the UMBC community from identity theft, DoIT is sharing some...
June 9, 2021 · 9:07 PM
An Impersonation Scam
A Simple Scam Still Being Used
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a scammer impersonating a UMBC professor. An example of this scam is included below. From: (IMPERSONATED PERSON)...
June 9, 2021 · 11:02 AM
“Dean Hides Author’s Identity” Phishing Scam
You Do The Phishing For The Phisher
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen a report of a phishing scam where the scammer is asking users to search for a YouTube clip and to share the message. Below is an example of...
May 27, 2021 · 4:49 PM
Tips on Spotting Phishing Emails
Read Your Email, Then Read It Again For Red Flags
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen many different reports of Phishing and job scam emails sent to UMBC accounts. This article will list some helpful tips to spot phishing...
May 20, 2021 · 8:20 PM

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