Remote Job Opening

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

Job Opening

Job scam impersonating UVic professor to make the job employment look legit. There are other similar emails circulating with different subject and different senders. We have been continuously seeing these types of scams this summer. Please pay attention to the phishing signs before taking action on such emails. Here are some easy to spot phish … Continue reading Job Opening

Dear UVIC.

This job scam phish has been circulating today, which spoofs another Canadian institute email. Here is how you can spot this scam: Subject doesn’t match the content of the emails. Sender name and Signature name are different. Too good to be true offer, paying way too high a wage for surveys. External gmail address is … Continue reading Dear UVIC.

“UVIC STUDENT EMPLOYMENT” and similar job scam emails

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

You have an outstanding refund from Canada Revenue Agency.

With income tax filing season approaching, it’s not surprising that phishers are sending emails pretending to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The “From” addresses for these emails were not ones from canada.ca or a domain ending in .gc.ca, meaning the emails did not actually come from the Government of Canada. The samples reported … Continue reading You have an outstanding refund from Canada Revenue Agency.