2020 Summer Home-Based Internship (06/16/2020)
Learn about a new phish or scam.
Description of the phish / scam
An email claiming that the recipient has been offered a Home based internship to work with one Physician Remotely.
How you can tell it is a scam
- There is no one named Mary Coleman at UB
- There is no Professor Julie Loenhard at UB
- There is no department that includes both Sociology and Anthropology at UB
- Job scams are common and often too good to be true. See more details here: http://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/service-guides/safe-computing/scams.html and here:
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2017/online-job-scam.detail.htm
I think my account is compromised. What should I do?
- Change any passwords on accounts that were involved in the scam
I think I have been scammed. What should I do?
- Contact any financial institutions involved
- Make a report to your local law enforcement. If you are a member of the University at Buffalo, please contact University Police
- File a complaint at the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3