This is a job scam that lures users using big organization names such as ‘UNICEF’ in this case. The same phish has also been observed with different subjects such as ‘internship Opportunity’, ‘Paid engagement internship!’ or maybe more. Although, it is a well written and well-structured email but still the warning signs remain the same … Continue reading UNICEF is recruiting students
Staff from various departments were targeted with variations of this email, and the scammer seems to have made the effort to tailor the field of study to match the recipient’s department. This scam is likely to be a cheque overpayment scam or could be some other type of job scam. We have seen a previous … Continue reading Biology tutor [field of study will vary]
Work from home job scams are unfortunately very common right now with scammers trying to take advantage of people having financial difficulties due to the pandemic. If you receive an unsolicited email like this, do not reply with your email address, phone number or any other personal information. If you did, be extra vigilant about … Continue reading COLLEGE BOARD MESSAGE
Practically this is the same scam that we posted about last time. It was received by many UVic recipients last night. The text is the same as before, the sender is some compromised account at another organization and the subject this time is just “WPF”. Please do not be curious and do not open the … Continue reading WPF
This purported job offer uses the name of a real faculty member from the Department of Sociology, but this job offer did not come from that person or department and is a scam. There are several signs that this is not a legitimate opportunity: The sender’s name does not match the name of the faculty … Continue reading Part-Time Student Administrative Assistant Needed
Apparently, phishers don’t take the weekend off. We received this high-volume phish over the weekend. It is similar to the other paid part-time job offer phishes we have been receiving. Phishing signs: ‘Re:’ in the subject line is to confuse the recipient that it is a reply to a previous email, which is not the … Continue reading Re: UNICEF – Work from Home
Once again, a compromised account from another Canadian university was used to send a remote work scam email. This one is extremely similar to the one we wrote about two weeks ago and even uses the same contact email address. In both cases, the scammer asks you to reply from your personal email address. This … Continue reading Vacancy: online virtual assistant position is open
A compromised account from another Canadian university was used to send this work from home scam. These scams can result in victims losing money or being put at risk of identity theft if they provide PII or financial information to the scammer. For more information on these scams and tips on how to avoid them, … Continue reading Vacant position:-Operator for online data entering
