Retro – Issues Moving Funding

When entering a Retro for an employee’s position, please remember to enter a single Retro, for a single employee, for a single funding source during the Pay Period.

Example :

Mrs. Smith worked during payroll 2017001.
Mrs. Smith is paid from four different funding sources.
The business manager realized that two of the funding sources are incorrect, but not until the week of Payroll 2017009.

Recommendation:

During Payroll 2017009, one RETRO can be entered to fix the first incorrect funding source.
During Payroll 2017010, another RETRO can be entered to fix the second incorrect funding source.

The RETROs must be done in separate Payrolls, because the system will reshuffle the employee’s E-N-T-I-R-E distribution for Payroll 2017001 when trying to calculate the RETRO. It cannot reshuffle more than once for 2017001 in this situation.

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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

To read more articles published by DOIT visit: https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice

Fake Covid-19 Fund Scam

The FTC posted an article warning of a phishing scam that they recently discovered. In this scam, the malicious actor is sending email claiming to be from the FTC and saying that users could get money from a Covid-19 “Global Empowerment Fund.” All that is required of the user is to respond with their bank account information.

This email is a scam.  It is not from the FTC, there is no money and there is no fund. The FTC says that they will never contact you by phone, email, text message, or by social media to ask for financial information, this includes your social security number. They also state that any stimulus checks will be from the IRS , not the FTC.

If you do receive any 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 and delete the message.

How do I forward full email headers?

https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970

For more information, please check out: 

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/06/fake-emails-about-fake-money-fake-covid-19-fund