Another “Hiring for Research Assistants” Job Scam
Please Pass The Word! These Offers Are Scams!
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a job scam claiming to be offering students a job as a research assistant in the Information Technology Center. The scammer is claiming to be UMBC staff member Catherine Manalansan. Below is an example of this job scam.
From: ON-CAMPUS JOBS <gabrieljelex7@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 7:49 PM Subject: Hiring for Research Assistants
The information Technology center is currently hiring students to work remotely as Research assistants and gets paid 300$ weekly. To proceed with your application process submit your full name, Functional phone number and major via this email address or text the center director (747) 255-2483.
Sincerely Prof. Catherine Manalansan Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology |
The job scam above is being sent from a gmail account <gabrieljelex7@gmail.com> and not an official UMBC account. The email is asking recipients to respond either by email or text with their personal information, for example their full name, cell phone number and major.
Please note that UMBC has no organization called the “Information Technology Center”. If you receive this or any similar email, 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 31, 2021, 4:57 PM