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
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
Job scams that pretend to be from the Red Cross seem to becoming more common. As with many other job scams that we’ve seen before, the scammer tempts people with a generous salary for a minimal amount of work. If a job offer arrives unsolicited and the compensation is too good to be true, you … Continue reading Remote Flexible Job
Job scammers are once again trying to take advantage of students who are in need of money to pay for tuition and necessities in these tough economic times. As in previous batches that we have seen and written about, the scammers impersonate a real UVic professor to make the job offer look legitimate. The red … Continue reading Remote Job Opening
Today we received another variant of the Red Cross job scam phish. It uses the tactic of too good to be true offer to lure users. The sender email address is not official Red Cross email, signature used is vague and does not represent an official authority, asks users to reply from their personal email … Continue reading Red Cross Part-Time Job
Job scam impersonating UVic professor to make the job employment look legit. We have been continuously seeing these types of scams, please pay attention to the phishing signs before taking any action. Here are some easy to spot phish signs: External email address, which wouldn’t be the case if it was coming from UVic office. … Continue reading Job Opening or Research Assistance
Yet another job scam impersonating yet another organization, it is American Red Cross this time. As we have seen with other job scams, this one also offers too good to be true salary for working very few hours. Other indicators of this being a job scam are: Sender address is not coming from an official … Continue reading Flexible Part-Time Job
This job scam phish was circulated over the weekend with all the hints of being a fraudulent job offer. This email does not mention which company they are representing. The text gives a very generic and vague information about the job. Generic salutation, and signature are without any mention of who this person is. Also, … Continue reading Job Offer
