When using your IUP email, you may come across suspicious messages. Some of these messages can be job scams. These job offers seem too good to be true. The jobs often have no interview or required skills and advertise low hours with high pay. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. These job scams include pet sitting, buying gift cards, processing payments, making purchases, shipping items, etc.
It is important to be vigilant when using IUP email. Do not respond to these offers. If you receive an email that contains one or more of the above characteristics, please forward the message as an attachment to abuse@iup.edu.
Noticeable signs of a job scam email include the following:
- Does not give the employer
contact information—title of person sending the email, company address,
phone number, etc.
- Comes from an email
address that doesn’t match the company name.
- Offers to pay a large
amount for almost no work.
- Emails sent to your IUP
account and ask you to correspond using your personal email account or
via mobile text messaging.
- Sends you an
unexpectedly large check and asks for a smaller amount back.
- Asks you to pay a fee
before they offer to send you money.
- Wants you to transfer
money from one account to another.
- Says you must send
payment by wire service or courier.
- Asks you to:
- Send a certified check.
- Give your credit card or bank account numbers.
- Print checks.
- Purchase and ship items.
- To obtain gift cards.
- Send copies of personal documents.
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