Scam Alert: Clemson students targeted in job/internship/RA scam campaigns

Bailey Troutman, CCIT Communications
June 27, 2024

The Office of Information Security at Clemson University is urging students to exercise extreme caution when opening, receiving or responding to emails related to opportunities like jobs, internships or Research Assistantships (RA). At this time, students are being targeted with emails appearing to be legitimate, requesting responses with personal information like email addresses, full title, Clemson department affiliation and year of study. These emails may appear to come from people within the “Office of Academic Affairs” or “Office of Job Placement and Student Service.” The sender of these emails does not have an @clemson.edu email address and requests immediate action for response to a person with a non-Clemson email address. These items indicate that the email is not legitimate and should be reported immediately by forwarding the email to phishing@clemson.edu.

If someone is emailing you about job opportunities and requesting a response, always practice extreme caution and do not immediately assume the source is legitimate. An example of the email students are receiving is below: