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Scammer impersonating Professor John J. Ryan, Ph.D. offering a fake Student Research Assistant position (2/15/2023)

Another job scam was reported to VCU Information Security today starting which began around February 14th, 2023. The scammer is impersonating Professor John J. Ryan, Ph.D. from the email address [email protected] and promising paychecks weekly of around 250.00. Please note that this is a malicious email scam designed to have the victims deposit fraudulent checks […]

Scammer impersonating Dr. Diane Jennings offering a fake Student Research Assistant position (2/8/2023)

Beginning around the start of February. The scammer is impersonating Professor Diane Jennings eid dbjennings and offering paychecks weekly. Please note that this is a malicious email scam designed to have the victims deposit fraudulent checks, and/or request the victims to send gift cards. Please delete this email and do not click on any links […]

Warning a URL in the VCU Daily News Clip Letter contains malware Feb 3, 2023

February 3, 2023 an email potentially containing links with malware was sent from [email protected] the VCU Daily News Clips, which includes links to blog posts from VCU organizations. We believe one of these links contains a malware virus and are advising to not click the links of the email. Below is a screenshot of said […]