An email lands in your inbox offering you a part-time job with good pay. It seems too good to be true. Most likely, it is.
Scammers often target cash-strapped students with fake job offers, sometimes pretending to be professors looking for research assistants. Other scams have included one that advertised a job with UNICEF paying $600 a week for just a few hours of work. But rather than making a quick buck, you can end up losing money if you respond to one of these scams.
Here are three ways you can spot and avoid job offer scams:
Use our tips for spotting phishing scams and malicious websites to help protect yourself, take our quick security training that provides you with skills to spot various scams and always check our list of known scams if you receive an email you think is suspicious.
If you have any technical questions, please contact the Technology Support Center at 856-256-4400, or submit a ticket in the Rowan Support Portal. If you have any questions about job opportunities, please contact the Office of Career Advancement at careers@rowan.edu.