Be wary of job emails in your GatorMail or on sites such as Reddit and Craigslist that require no interviews and offer higher than expected money. 18- to 24-year-olds are the most common victims of job scams, with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) estimating this age group’s annual losses to job scams at $2 billion. Identity theft is a common outcome of job scams, as scammers often steal job seekers’ personal information to open bank accounts to further their fraud. The BBB found 34% of victims provided their driver’s license number and 25% provided their Social Security Number.
Never share your banking information in a job application. You will only provide this information in an encrypted form, and only after you are hired, to enroll in direct deposit. Also, do not trust unsolicited high-paying job offers from “UF” professors or administrators where a responsibility of the job is purchasing items, such as gift cards, with the promise of reimbursement. Before you accept, look up the sender’s email address in the UF Directory and contact them directly, or their department, to confirm the job is legitimate. Remember, Gators: UF faculty and staff won’t ask students to pre-pay for supplies or gift cards.
Suspicious job offers arriving in your GatorMail should be forwarded to abuse@ufl.edu and hiregators@ufsa.ufl.edu, so staff can investigate the emails.
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