Fake Covid-19 Fund Scam

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