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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do not respond and do not give your personal information.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Example 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Subject: PART TIME JOB FOR STUDENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the pandemic under the corona-virus\u00a0 supplementary act, the WFU <\/strong>Information Technology and Support Center is currently hiring students to work remotely as Research Assistants<\/strong> and get paid $400 weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To proceed with the application process submit your full name, functional phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n number and major via this email address or text center director (413) 206-7163<\/p>\n\n\n\n to receive the job description and<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Subject: Position: Part-Time Volunteer Position<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hi, You have been selected for the currently ongoing Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n Empowerment Program put in place by the University Human resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n management to work for $350 weekly and study. If interested, Kindly<\/p>\n\n\n\n send your phone Number and personal email address for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Forward suspicious emails to infosec@wfu.edu<\/a><\/strong>, and the InfoSec team will investigate the email and can help you decide if it is indeed a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Review Security Essentials<\/a> to learn more about keeping yourself safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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…
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