Cornerstone Student Job Scam

It's Still Showing Up!

Below is an example of a job scam that has been reported to the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) at the end of last year. This scam follows the pattern that has been seen a lot for recent job scams hitting UMBC.

From: jennifer scott <jenscott0419@gmail.com>

Date: December 29, 2020

To: @umbc.edu

Subject: UMBC PART TIME 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 organization. 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,

Jennifer Scott,

HR Recruit Manager/Consultant

Cornerstone®

Staffing-Solutions.

The job scam above is from Jennifer Scott <jenscott0419@gmail.com> and is offering students a fake job at Cornerstone. Please note that this job offer is fake and is not a real job offer. The scammer has the goals of getting the students’ personal information and of scamming users of their money with fraudulent checks.

If the student replies to the first email in these scams, the scammer has been known to reply asking for more information like personal phone number, full name, personal email address, date of birth and mailing address. If the student provides this information the scammer could then start texting the student as well as send a fraudulent check to their mailing address. If you receive a check from this or any similar scam please do not try and deposit the check.

What to do now?

If you do receive this or a similar scam, please DO NOT respond any further or click on any URLs. If you have provided any banking or financial information, please notify your bank or financial institution immediately. If you have been sent a check, you should not attempt to cash or deposit it. If you have deposited a check already, please contact your bank and tell them that it may be part of a scam.

Whether or not you responded to the scam or not, please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu. We will also keep track of any other information you submit about the scammers, such as their phone numbers. If you were sent a check or other materials, please send pictures of it and the envelope they came in.

How do I forward full email headers?

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

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