Scammers are using compromised YorkU accounts to send fake job scam offering $350 for every COINBASE task performed. Following through with the fraudulent employment offer will result in compromised of personal information and potential financial loss. The Information Security team has taken action to remove the fraudulent messages. If you receive similar messages, please report […]
Advisories & Alerts
Job Scam Alert - Executive Assistant / Administrative Assistant !!!
Scammers are using compromised YorkU accounts to send fake job scam offering an Executive Assistant/Administrative Assistant role. Following through with the fraudulent employment offer will result in compromised of personal information and potential financial loss. […]
Job Scam Alert - Campus Recruitment at York University
A scammer is using compromised YorkU email accounts to send out job scam emails claiming to have vacancies for an Executive Assistant, Administrative Assistant or Data Entry clerk. The job is FAKE!!! Following through with the fraudulent employment offer will result in compromised of personal information and potential financial loss. […]
Phish Alert - Please Verify Your Yorku Account
A confirmed phishing email with the subject line "Please Verify Your Yorku Account" was sent to a number of mailboxes. Clicking on the provided link will redirect users to an external site hosted on forms.zohopublic.com. If you clicked on the link and provided your credentials, please consider your account as compromised. Change your password IMMEDIATELY and notify us […]
Job scam Alert - Personal Assistant Position
A scammer is using compromised YorkU email accounts to send out job scam emails claiming to offer a personal assistant position at Flora Inc. Please note that this offer is fake. Following through with the fraudulent employment offer […]
Phish Alert - IT Notice - My Maintenance
A Phish email with the subject line "IT Notice - My Maintenance" was recently spotted. Clicking on the provided link will redirect users to an external site. The email is a scam. Do not click on any links or provide any information. If you clicked on the link and provided your credentials, please […]
Phishing Alert - Interdisciplinary Research Project/Aide Money Mule Scam
There is an ongoing phishing campaign targeting students at York University as well as other Canadian universities with a fake research job promising good money for very little effort. These phishing emails use a technique called “spoofing” to appear as though emails were sent by a York University professor- even though they were NOT- in […]
Phishing Alert - McAfee Software Renewal Scams
A common type of phishing email observed by the Information Security team at York University is a fake McAfee software renewal invoice. Such emails fraudulently state that the recipient’s subscription to a premium software- oftentimes a McAfee security product- has automatically renewed and the recipient has been charged. A sample of this type of phishing […]
Phishing Alert - *Job Scam* Executive Personal Assistant
Please be on the lookout for a phishing scam that targets the York community with offers of a fictitious job opportunity as an Executive Personal Assistant. Below is a screenshot of the email and the application form. Following through […]
Phish Alert - New mail from the Canada Revenue Agency
Certain organizations are often impersonated by cyber threat actors to steal users’ personal or financial information, and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is a prime example. Please be advised that a recent phishing campaign targeted many York U users with an email claiming to be from the CRA offering money under the pretense of a […]
