{"id":1817,"date":"2022-08-24T07:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2022-08-24T07:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:56:54","slug":"latest-phish-scamming-students-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/latest-phish-scamming-students-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Phish Scamming Students for Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems that at the start of every semester, some scammer tries to use the lure of easy money to get a student to supply their banking information, supposedly for pay, only to find their bank account looted for sometimes several thousand dollars.\u00a0 Students usually start the semester with a considerable amount of cash in their bank account to pay for their needs throughout the semester.\u00a0 When they see what seems to be $400 &#8211; $500 a week for simple tasks, they go for it and lose in the end.\u00a0 This semester&#8217;s email is slightly different, looking for assistants to visiting professors.\u00a0 A copy of the email is below.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of items to note in this email that should tip someone off are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor grammar in the first sentence<\/li>\n<li>The first sentence is incomplete<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;.ly&#8221; at the end of remotely<\/li>\n<li>Liaise is capitalized in the middle of the sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember, if it&#8217;s too good to be true, it probably is.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><b>From:<\/b> REDACTED<br \/>\n<b>Date:<\/b>\u00a0August 23, 2022 at 7:26:45 PM CDT<br \/>\n<b>Subject:<\/b>\u00a0<b>ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REMOTE JOB<\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Some departments are current basic admin duties remotely.ly hiring individuals who can assist some of their visiting professors by providing<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The successful candidate will Liaise with staff, other departments, and\/or external organizations concerning matters regarding assigned work as well as coordinating with the Director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Weekly Salary:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">$400 ( $350 +$50 for miscellaneous including tax)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more Information , kindly contact \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(infocareers101@gmail.com) with your alternative address as well as your school schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Robert Brundidge<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Senior investment Director<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(909) 366-3151.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems that at the start of every semester, some scammer tries to use the lure of easy money to get a student to supply their banking information, supposedly for pay, only to find their bank account looted for sometimes several thousand dollars.\u00a0 Students usually start the semester with a considerable amount of cash in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page","category-phishing","category-published"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}