Date and Time First Identified
- November 7, 2024 at approximately 1:30pm
Phishing Method
- Social engineering email from recipient Muhammad Sajid (m.sajid@smfoods.pk)
- Email IP address indicates that it was sent from Germany, but Dartmouth has never seen the domain smfoods.pk sending emails from Germany.
- The email exhibits suspicious sending behavior: the sender uses language which is attempting to engage.
- The email claims to be sharing a part-time job opportunity with UNICEF that pays $500 a week.
- Interested parties are instructed to contact Dr. Nicholas Hoffman at drnicholashoffman6@gmail.com with alternate non-educational (personal) email address for details of employment.
User Response
- Mark the message as spam or junk
- Block the sender (so you don’t get another message like this)
- Do not reply to the message.
- Forward the message to phishing@dartmouth.edu
Sample Unformatted Email
Subject: Job Opportunity
I am sharing job opportunity information to individuals who might be interested in a paid UNICEF Part-Time job with a weekly paid job of $500.00 USD that is currently available. If interested, Kindly contact Dr Nicholas Hoffman via, drnicholashoffman6@gmail.com with your alternate non-educational email address I.e., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc.) for details of employment.
Regards
Job Opportunity