We recently experienced a scam job opportunity email campaign. Do not assume that @gmail.com or @zohomail.com addresses offer job opportunities. The phishing email looked similar to the following.
From: maria tae <maria.tae.research@zohomail.com> Subject: RA:POSITION MANHATTAN COLLEGE
Manhattan College, Department of Economics & Finance is currently employing the services of student research assistants. The department is looking for dedicated, motivated students who are interested in gaining research experience as you will have opportunity to work with experienced researchers and collaborate on research projects!eager to gain valuable research experience by collaborating with seasoned researchers on various projects. The Hiring Team is actively accepting applications for this role. Successful candidates will receive a weekly stipend of $500 for their dedicated research efforts. This opportunity is open to students from any department of the institution and task completion is completely remote. Slots are limited, and selection is based on a first-come, first-served basis. To apply, please contact Professor [redacted] via mail at [redacted]@gmail.com. Include your full name, personal email address, department and year of study to receive the job description and additional application requirements. Best regards, C/O Professor Fiona Maclachlan Professor Economics & Finance Department of Economics & Finance Manhattan College
NOTICE that this email came from a domain that is not manhattan.edu! Also the "REDACTED" email address' domain was not manhattan.edu. Why would Manhattan College require current students to list their personal email address and not their @manhattan.edu email address when applying? That's suspicious.
Google has been instructed to quarantine these emails so the original email is now not in our inboxes, spam folders, etc. If you forwarded the email, you may still have that forwarded copy. For instance, maybe you automatically forward all your email to a non @manhattan.edu account. Please for your own good, delete it, and do it interact with those phishers. And while you have the time, stop automatically forwarding @manahttan.edu email to a non @manhattan.edu account.
Similar phishing campaigns have resulted in money mule scams. Take time to talk to others about being alert to scams.