Clemson students are again being targeted with a new phishing email campaign about a fake job offer. In these emails, the cybercriminals are spoofing various Clemson email sender addresses, such as “alert@clemson.edu” or “employment_services@my.clemson.edu” making it appear that it is coming from a real Clemson.edu account.
One of the clues that these are not legitimate Clemson emails is that Outlook users will see that these emails have been flagged with the External Sender banner at the top of the email, which indicates that this email did not actually come from an internal Clemson email account.
Also, be aware that Clemson does not typically reach out to students with job offers in this manner.
These phishing emails include a link where users are asked to enter their Clemson login and password information which will then be stolen by the cybercriminals and used in their attack.
If you entered your Clemson credentials into their fake web page, it is recommended that you immediately reset your password and notify the CCIT Support Center at (864) 656-3494 or ITHelp@clemson.edu.
