Recent phishing scams offer fake part-time jobs as research assistants. Scammers may impersonate Wake Forest professors or departments. Be vigilant and check for common red flags. Scammers often use the name of a Wake Forest employee, but have a mismatched or generic Gmail address, instead of a legitimate WFU address. These emails often contain grammatical errors and spacing issues. Often they request personal information before giving out information for the supposed job. 

Do not respond and do not give your personal information.

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Example 1:

Subject: PART TIME JOB FOR STUDENTS

Due to the pandemic under the corona-virus  supplementary act, the WFU Information Technology and Support Center is currently hiring students to work remotely as Research Assistants and get paid $400 weekly.

To proceed with the application process submit your full name, functional phone

 number and major via this email address or text center director (413) 206-7163

 to receive the job description and

 further information.

Example 2:

Subject: Position: Part-Time Volunteer Position

Hi, You have been selected for the currently ongoing Student

Empowerment Program put in place by the University Human resources

management to work for $350 weekly and study. If interested, Kindly

send your phone Number and personal email address for more details.

Thanks.

Best Regard.

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Forward suspicious emails to infosec@wfu.edu, and the InfoSec team will investigate the email and can help you decide if it is indeed a scam.

Review Security Essentials to learn more about keeping yourself safe.