CISCO Job Scam Emails “PART TIME JOB OFFER”

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:24:27 -0500
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It’s a new year UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is still seeing scammers sending out phishing emails offering fake jobs to students. Below is an example of one of these job scam emails.

From: Candice Terrence <terrencandice@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 9:49 AM

Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER

To: <@umbc.edu>

Dear Student,

We got your contact through your school database and I'm happy to inform you that our reputable company CISCO Systems® is currently running a student empowerment program. This program is completely school oriented as it has been designed not to deter you from school and other activities which is prior to you and this organization. You are selected from your school database to partake in the ongoing program. This Offer is a PART TIME position accompanied with an attractive weekly wages among all others and a reasonable working hours per week.

TO PROCEED WITH THIS JOB OFFER, KINDLY REPLY THIS MAIL WITH YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION/OFFER FOR THIS OPEN JOB POSITION

Best Regards,

Candice Terrence

HR Recruit Manager/Consultant

CISCO Systems®.

The email has the subject “PART TIME JOB OFFER” and is offering a fake part-time job to CISCO Systems. Above is an example of the first email the scammers would send to students, the goal of this email is to try and get the students to reply.

In past phishing campaigns similar to the one above, if the student responds showing interest the scammers would ask the student for more information like phone number, personal email address, home address, date of birth, etc. If the student would provide any of this information the scammers have been known to start texting the student as well as send a fraudulent check to the provided address. If you have received a check from this or a similar scam please do not try to deposit the check.