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.

Details

Article ID: 102659
Created
Tue 3/24/20 8:17 AM
Modified
Tue 9/14/21 10:31 AM