{"id":29889,"date":"2026-03-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=29889"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:12:29","slug":"help-protect-students-from-job-offer-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/17\/help-protect-students-from-job-offer-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Protect Students from Job Offer Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MCOMMONS-Spring-900x600-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-600x400.png\" alt=\"A field of tulips in front of a fountain on central campus.\" class=\"wp-image-29891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MCOMMONS-Spring-900x600-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MCOMMONS-Spring-900x600-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MCOMMONS-Spring-900x600-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-400x266.png 400w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MCOMMONS-Spring-900x600-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MCOMMONS-Spring-900x600-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-665x443.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MCOMMONS-Spring-900x600-Bridget-Weise-Knyal.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring brings brightly colored tulips, buds on the trees, and scammers phishing for personal information, payments, and more. Unfortunately, threat actors target students at higher education institutions, including U-M. A common scam is to lure them with the offer of a job or internship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Scammers send legitimate-looking emails impersonating real U-M professors or departments.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remote work with great pay! No interview. It sounds too good to be true because it is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited time opportunity! They urge students to act quickly, without thinking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They ask students to switch communication to a non-UMICH email or text and then try to trick them into sharing their personal information and\/or making payments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can help students be victors, not victims, by spreading awareness of these scams and how to avoid them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/phishing-scams\/common-scams\/job-offer-scams\">Job Offer Scams<\/a>: It starts with a job offer, but then scammers ask for a favor like acquiring gift cards or processing a check that turns out to be fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips for those who receive a suspicious email or message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Don\u2019t reply. Cut off contact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t share login or personal info, or make payments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t deposit checks sent via email or text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forward the message to <a href=\"mailto:ReportPhish@umich.edu\">ReportPhish@umich.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you gave your login information, change your password ASAP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/just-for-you\/students\">Safe Computing for Students<\/a> to learn more about common scams and how to report them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring brings brightly colored tulips, buds on the trees, and job offer scams targeting students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":29893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,27],"tags":[1202,368,500],"class_list":["post-29889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-safe-computing","tag-job-scams","tag-phishing","tag-scams"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social.png",1346,897,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-768x512.png",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-600x400.png",600,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social.png",1346,897,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social.png",1346,897,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-665x443.png",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JobOfferScams-16x9-Social-400x250.png",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Bridget Weise Knyal, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/bweise\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Spring brings brightly colored tulips, buds on the trees, and job offer scams targeting students.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29895,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29889\/revisions\/29895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}