{"id":1703,"date":"2023-09-05T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:43:55","slug":"09-04-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2023\/09\/05\/09-04-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"09\/04\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even if an email came from within UVic, you should still examine it to evaluate whether it&#8217;s actually legitimate before you click on any links or attachments. In this case, a job scammer used a compromised UVic account to send out the fraudulent job offer below.<\/p>\n<p>The email includes the following indicators that the offer is not legitimate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Errors in grammar and capitalization<\/li>\n<li>A generic signature that does not mention UVic, or give a specific contact person at either UVic or UNICEF<\/li>\n<li>Instructions to contact somebody else using your &#8220;alternative email address&#8221; (i.e.: your non-UVic email address) &#8211; the scammer does this to move the conversation away from UVic email to evade detection<\/li>\n<li>The weekly salary offered is quite generous and probably too good to be true, especially if it&#8217;s for a small number of hours per week doing simple tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other red flags that are signs of a job scam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are told to reply to an email address from a free email provider like Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail or Yahoo<\/li>\n<li>No interview is required to get the job<\/li>\n<li>You do not get to meet your employer\/supervisor virtually or in person before getting the job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do not open the attachment or send a reply. If you did, reach out to the Computer Help Desk for assistance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/09\/2023-09-04-job-scam.png\" alt=\"Job scam email pretending to be a work-from-home part-time job opportunity with UNICEF\" width=\"778\" height=\"499\" aria-describedby=\"phish_transcript\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/09\/2023-09-04-job-scam.png 778w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/09\/2023-09-04-job-scam-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/09\/2023-09-04-job-scam-768x493.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"phish_transcript\"><p>Subject: 09\/04\/2023<\/p>\n<p>Attachment: [Word document] UNICEF &#8211; Work from Home Ca.docx<\/p>\n<p>To whom it may concern,<\/p>\n<p>I am sharing a Job Information to students who might be interested in a Paid UNICEF Part-Time Job to make up to $500 CAD Weekly<\/p>\n<p>Attached is further information about the employment schedule, if interested kindly contact Dr Nicholas Hoffman with your alternative email address for urgent details of employment<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: THIS IS STRICTLY A WORK FROM HOME POSITION.<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br \/>\nAcademy Career Opportunity<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if an email came from within UVic, you should still examine it to evaluate whether it&#8217;s actually legitimate before you click on any links or attachments. In this case, a job scammer used a compromised UVic account to send out the fraudulent job offer below. The email includes the following indicators that the offer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2023\/09\/05\/09-04-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">09\/04\/2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1706,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions\/1706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}