Job scam impersonating UNESCO has been circulating over the weekend. Please read the given post to learn about spotting such scams and next steps if you have fallen for it: Part-Time job. From: [redacted sender address] Subject: Part-Time job. Attachment: [Word document icon] UNESCO JOB.docx You don’t often get email from [redacted sender address] . … Continue reading Part-Time job. [UNESCO job scam]
These job scam emails appear to have come from compromised accounts at another Canadian university. Always evaluate whether the content of the email looks legitimate, even if it came from what would normally be a reputable source (even if it came from within UVic!). This email has many of the typical signs of a job … Continue reading “Hello!” or “Greetings!” job scam email
These job scam emails are very similar to previous ones we’ve written about. Scammers are continuing to try to take advantage of students’ financial need by offering a relatively generous amount of pay for a small amount of remote work. Other red flags: The email came from a Gmail address. A real UVic job offer … Continue reading “Work-Study Opportunity” and similar job scam emails
Scammers routinely attempt to target students with job scams, taking advantage of those trying to make ends meet or pay tuition and rent with a seemingly-attractive job offer. In reality, the victim is asked to deposit a fake cheque and immediately send an e-transfer from their personal banking account. Given the cheque is fake, the … Continue reading A view into a fake job scam
Here is yet another job scam email impersonating a real UVic faculty member. This job scam uses a variety of different subject lines; other ones we’ve seen include: UVIC STUDENT JOB Part-time Student Job Administrative Assistants Needed Organizational Research The red flags to look out for are pretty much the same as the ones we’ve … Continue reading “UVIC STUDENT EMPLOYMENT” and similar job scam emails
We’ve been seeing several variations of these fake research assistant job offers, each one impersonating a real UVic faculty member to make the opportunity look legitimate. However, there are several red flags that indicate these are scams: The emails come from Gmail addresses, not from the faculty members’ UVic email addresses. The scammer asks you … Continue reading “Student Research Assistant Urgently Needed” or “Office of Research Assistants” job scam emails
Once again, a compromised account from a UN organization has been abused to send job scam emails claiming to be from UNESCO. Be wary of unsolicited job offer emails, especially if they come from an organization that you don’t recognize or don’t have prior dealings with. Such emails are very likely to be scams, especially … Continue reading RE: GN109643HT [Another UN-themed job scam]
For more information about work from home scams, see this news article: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/better-business-bureau-warning-about-these-work-at-home-scams-1.5000409
Once again, job scammers are impersonating real UVic professors to target students in need of extra funds to pay for tuition and other necessities. This latest batch isn’t as elaborately written as the last one posted here, but still has some of the usual red flags: The email came from a Gmail address. If a … Continue reading Student Job Opening
Job scams aren’t the only way that scammers try to take advantage of students in financial need–they are also sending out scam emails claiming to offer grant money. In this case, the tantalizing offer of a few thousand dollars that don’t need to be paid back is very likely to be a pretext for a … Continue reading “Dear Qualified Student”, “GRANT” or “10/21/2024” scam emails
UNESCO job scams are making the rounds once more. Here are the signs that the job offer is not legitimate: The emails did not come from UNESCO or the UN (the scammer seems to have abused compromised accounts belonging to a national government). The emails tell you to contact a different address on Outlook.com. Job … Continue reading “Part-Time job” or “Dear user”
With students back on campus, these kinds of scams will continue to target them. Most of the emails with the subject “Students seeking Jobs should check below” were properly identified by the antispam filters and ended up in the junk folders of Exchange mailboxes. These emails typically contain a short text in the body of … Continue reading Students seeking Jobs should check below
Job scams impersonating UNESCO and other UN agencies are something we see on a regular basis. By offering a generous salary for only a few hours a week of simple remote work tasks, these unscrupulous scammers prey on students looking for extra money to cover the cost of tuition, rent and other necessities. The red … Continue reading Part-Time job.
Job scam offering too good to be true salary for part-time job. Following post can be referred to look for red flags in this or any job scam: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/phishbowl/2024/01/29/stmicroelectronics-ltd-looking-for-representative-in-your-area/ Never send your personal information to such scammers, always take the time to look for warning signs in an email. If you replied to this scam, … Continue reading Part-Time job
These types of job scams are not new. As always, impersonating a real UVic professor to make the job offer look legitimate. Here are some of the red flags: The email comes from a Gmail address. Emails about real UVic job offers should come from a UVic email address. The salary offered is too good … Continue reading Part-Time Job Opening or Student Assistant Urgently Needed
