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 4covid19research@gmail.com 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 please delete this email and do not click on any links in it or cash any checks. We […]
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 vcunews@vcu.edu 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 […]