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A cybersecurity company called Proofpoint has identified a new cyberscam targeted at college students, in which phishers pretend to offer data-entry jobs at bioscience and health-related companies. The scammers then host a mock video interview with the student “candidate.” At that point, Proofpoint researchers believe based on previous scams, they either:
- Ask the student to pay them for equipment required to perform the fictitious job, or
- Send the student a fraudulent check and ask them to purchase equipment from an illegitimate supplier.
The emails purport to come from real companies, such as Illinois-based Valent BioSciences, and use email addresses that tack “careers” at the end of the company's actual domain name to sound legitimate (like NAME@valentbiosciencescareers.com). They also use the names of real employees at those companies.
This scam goes back to March of this year, Proofpoint said.
