Phishing Scam 2024.11.7 - UNICEF Job Opportunity Email

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