Phishing Scam 2020.03.24 - Unsolicited Job offers

Date and Time First Identified

  • Ongoing

Phishing Method

  • Unsolicited email Promising Work opportunities
  • Fraudsters preying on economic uncertainty and job loss
  • Likely to be taken offline to text messaging

User Response

  • Do not click on or respond to email from unknown parties
  • Report the email as Phishing 

Sample Unformatted Email

Subject: JOB OFFER FOR STUDENTS

 

If you are resourceful, organized, good with paperwork and honest, you can make five hundred dollars ($500) a week, as a business assistant. This flexible but formal position would only take at most two hours of your time daily, or even less, depending on your work-speed. You would be needed Mondays through Fridays, but the job’s flexibility lies in the fact that your duties are clear-cut and would take little of your time to be executed daily. Kindly get back to me ASAP if you are interested and wish to know more about this opportunity.