“UMBC Student Employment!” Administrative Assistant Job Scam
THESE ARE NOT REAL JOBS! THEY WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY!
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) are continuing to receive reports of new variants of a job scam claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant at UMBC. Below is an example of one of these variants where the scammer is impersonating Dr. Abigail Granger.
From: Dr Abigail <talktosharoldiaz@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 6:07 PM Subject: UMBC Student Employment! To: University of Maryland, Baltimore County is seeking a Research Administrative Assistant /services of a competent Geography and Environmental Systems (GES) Student, Administrative Assistant to work Part-time and get paid $350 weekly. Tasks will be carried out remotely. If interested, Do text your name to (443) 437-4263 so as to proceed Best Regards, Dr Abigail Granger 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 Phone: (443) 437-4263 | Fax: (410) 455-3322 |
The message above is being sent from a Gmail account <talktosharoldiaz@gmail.com>, not Dr. Abigail Granger’s or any official UMBC account. In addition, the email claims to offer a job at UMBC, but asks the recipients to use text messaging which leaves no record of the communication in UMBC systems. If you receive this email or anything similar, please do not respond.
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 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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Posted: March 24, 2021, 6:29 PM