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Job Scam “WorkStudy!” From a Compromised UMBC Account
Recently DoIT was notified of a job scam email campaign from a compromised UMBC email account. The email has the subject line “WorkStudy!” and is presenting a fake job offer to the user. Below is...
October 6, 2020 · 4:20 PM
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Scam Emails Trying to Impersonate a UMBC Member
Look Closlely At The Headers Before You Respond
Below is an example of a scam email that has recently been reported to DoIT. The email below the scammer tries to impersonate a member of the UMBC by setting the From email name to that of a UMBC...
October 6, 2020 · 4:18 PM
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Job Scam “_Available” From a Compromised UMBC Account
Another Job Scam
DoIT has recently been notified of a job scam coming from a compromised UMBC email account, below is an example of that message that was being sent. The subject line of the job scam email is...
October 6, 2020 · 4:13 PM
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Tracking Code Scam
Purchasing Non-Existent Goods
Tracking Code Scam The Better Business Bureau warns of a scam where malicious actors aim to deceive online shoppers into paying for goods that do not actually exist. This is done by the scammers...
October 6, 2020 · 4:10 PM
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"Email Configuration Error" Phishing Attack
Phishing Attack Masquerading As Email Delivery Problem
A phishing attack urging users to download undelivered emails was reported to DoIT Security this week. Here is an example of the malicious message.   From: "umbc.edu System Administrator"...
September 11, 2020 · 11:22 AM
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Data Breach: LiveAuctioneers
Data Breach On Online Marketplace
On June 19, 2020 an online antique Marketplace, LiveAuctioneers, suffered a data breach. Approximately 3.4 million records were leaked. The records include names, email and IP addresses, physical...
September 11, 2020 · 11:19 AM
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Covid-19 Scams Are Still Active
Some More Tips To Identify Contact Tracing Scams
With Covid-19 being something we all face in our daily lives, malicious actors are not giving up on scamming people out of not only their personal and financial information, but are also trying to...
September 9, 2020 · 8:09 PM
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Covid-19 Contact Tracing Scams
Contact Tracing Scammers Are Still Active
With Covid-19 still very present in our day to day lives, many states have started to roll out contact tracing programs to help control the spread of disease. This is done by informing people who...
September 9, 2020 · 7:52 PM
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Job Scam "Internship" From A Compromised UMBC Account
Check The "Reply-To" Address
The job scam below was recently reported to DoIT. The subject of the email is just “Internship” and has a very short message as can be seen below. The name and email of the from and to fields were...
September 9, 2020 · 7:42 PM
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FAKE Offer Of A "Personal Assistant" Job
NOTICE: "Ryan Glenn" Does NOT Want To Hire You.
In the last several days, the UMBC community has received thousands of fake job offers from "Ryan Glenn".  An example is shown below: You are eligible to apply for an opening as...
August 31, 2020 · 3:01 PM
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