Phishing Alert

From: XXX XXXXX <xxxxxxxx@bears.unco.edu> -- The email is coming from a student email address

Subject: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

 Message:

Hello,


My name is "student's name" and I am a representative for Colorado Department of Labor and Employment via UNCO. I am writing you to notify you about our recent commitment in helping students who are interested in working a part-time jobs during this pandemic, we understood it is a very difficult time for everybody hence our efforts in making sure we try to get students who are interested in working a part-time jobs.


If interested, please CLICK HERE to fill in your information.

Additional Information:

UNC is the target of a new phishing scam. Users are sent, what appears to be, a message from student email address. You can report phishing emails by selecting the Report Message button in the Outlook ribbon or the Junk button in web email.

If you are a victim of this scam, you should:

  • Cease communication with the person, and contact the UNC Police Department at 970-351-2245.
  • Report the incident on the Stop Fraud Colorado site, and visit FraudSupport.org to go through the report, recover and reinforce process.