Watch out for a similar phishing email from coworkers and students who got their accounts compromised.
Dear Student,
I am sharing a job information to students who might be interested in a Paid Unicef Part-Time Job to make up to [offer]. Attached is further information about the employment schedule,
If interested kindly contact [full name] (email address) from your alternative email address (e.g yahoo, gmail, hotmail etc) and not your EDU email for urgent details of employment.
NOTE: THIS IS STRICTLY WORK FROM HOME POSITION
Regards,
Academy Career Opportunity.
Below is an alternate version that omits “Dear Student” as some educational institution utilizes the same domain (example.edu) for both staff and students. The previous versions were intended for those that utilize example.edu for staff and email.example.edu for students.
To whom it may concern,
I am sharing a Job Information to students who might be interested in a Paid Unicef Part-Time Job to make up to [offer].
Attached is further information about the employment schedule, If interested kindly contact [full name] with your alternative email address for urgent details of employment
NOTE: THIS IS STRICTLY A WORK FROM HOME POSITION.
Regards,
Academy Career Opportunity
If you failed to see that it is a scam and respond from your EDU email, this is what you get.
CAUTION: This email originated outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Thanks for your interest in the job position, let me introduce myself before we go further about the Logistic Assistant Position.
I am [full name] and I work as a Clinical Counselor for the Department of Disability of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
I provide individual and group therapy, coaching, assessment, and academic screenings to support students & individuals with disabilities (Physical, Chronic, Psychiatric, & Invisible) registered with UNICEF. A large percentage of people served by the mental health unit have psychiatric disabilities or comorbid psychiatric disabilities and need mental health support to be successful.
In addition, many Students with academic difficulties and no prior diagnosis are seen and assessed through the academic screening and assessment process. I also am the director of supervision, training and coordination of counseling psychology and clinical psychology graduate students of the United States who have practicums at UNICEF and APA accredited school psychology predoctoral interns. You have received this email because you have an offer from the University Office for Disabilities to work with me while we help Students with disabilities frustrated with ignorance and lack of services as my temporary personal assistant.
I care about Animal Welfare, Arts and Culture, Children, Civil Rights and Social Action, Education, Environment, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief, Social Services, and lots more. This is a very simple job. You will only help me purchase some Items when needed. This employment only takes an hour a day and 3 times a week for [offer].
I am unable to meet up for an interview because I am currently in Australia with my wife who is Battling with Cancer and has an upcoming surgery next week. You will be paid in advance for all tasks and purchased to be done on my behalf. Upon my arrival we will discuss the possibility of making this a long-term employment if I am impressed with your services while I am away.
I await your prompt response and endeavor to tell me a little about yourself when responding to this email.
Note:Ensure you reply back via your personal email (gmail,yahoo,hotmail etc) and not your Edu email
Sincerely
[full name]
Professor Humanitarian Relief
So why private email? They know that the IT Department will lock down the account quickly for strange activity but on a private account, you are going to have to deal with the host for your email account directly. Plus, your account is often used to register for Social Media and banking and this will give the attacker access to those (especially if they were in a data breach) so it is important to have two-factor authentication on your important sites.
Phishing Contacts
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