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The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified that a scammer is sending out phishing emails claiming to offer an interim personal assistant job available. The offer is a fake. ...

January 14, 2021 · 1:45 AM

Password Phishing Scam

Another fake link in an email to steal your password

This morning we have received reports of a phishing scam targeting members of the UMBC community. This scam appears to come from the Help Desk, and states that a request was made to deactivate...

January 12, 2021 · 11:45 AM

FBI and DHHS Warn Public About COVID-19 Scams

This December is a Perfect Season For Scammers

December is a month of holidays, travel, and family gatherings. Most years, December creates extra stress but makes up for it with special occasions enjoyed with family and friends. This year,...

December 16, 2020 · 5:40 PM

Tips on Identifying Phishing Scams

Think, Then Slow Down And Think Again

The article linked below lists a few tips on how to identify phishing scams in your daily life or while you are working. Here is a short list of some clues to help identify phishing emails....

December 16, 2020 · 5:30 PM

Job Scams Continue To Target UMBC Community

Scammers Don’t Take Time Off For The Holidays

UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is seeing an increase in the number of job scams targeting the UMBC community. It is not uncommon for scammers to take advantage of people during...

November 25, 2020 · 7:12 PM

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

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

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

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

"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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