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]
Today, again we saw another paid part-time job offer phish circulating since yesterday evening. The telltale signs of this kind of phish are already covered in these similar phishes: fake unido part time job email and fake UNESCO part-time job offer, please read along to know more.
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”
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.
This is yet another job scam impersonating a UN agency, where the scammer has taken the additional step of using a reply address on a fraudulent domain that impersonates UNESCO. Here are the red flags indicating that this email is not legitimate: The offer is way too good to be true: $500 for only three … Continue reading Small Duties
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]
Once again, there is a job scam email circulating that is impersonating a UN organization, specifically the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). It is quite similar to a fake UNESCO job offer email that we saw a few weeks ago. Note that the sender is not someone from unido.org; this is a sign that … Continue reading Paid UNIDO Part-Time Job
This morning we received a phish trying to lure students for a paid part-time job. What makes this email a phish? Let’s see: The phisher claims the email is from UNESCO but the email domain of the sender is not unesco.org. Too good to be true offer! Trying to attract recipients with a lucrative offer, … Continue reading 0987642-notice
