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Delayed Voicemail Emails

Some users received delayed voicemail messages

Over the last week we received reports that some users were not receiving all email delivered voicemail messages. Yesterday, while investigating these reports it was discovered that some voicemail...

Posted: October 9, 2020, 10:38 AM

Job Scam “WorkStudy!” From a Compromised UMBC Account

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...

Posted: October 6, 2020, 4:20 PM

Scam Emails Trying to Impersonate a UMBC Member

Look Closlely At The Headers Before You Respond

Below is an example of a scam email that has recently been reported to DoIT. The email below the scammer tries to impersonate a member of the UMBC by setting the From email name to that of a UMBC...

Posted: October 6, 2020, 4:18 PM

Job Scam “_Available” From a Compromised UMBC Account

Another Job Scam

DoIT has recently been notified of a job scam coming from a compromised UMBC email account, below is an example of that message that was being sent. The subject line of the job scam email is...

Posted: October 6, 2020, 4:13 PM