<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><b><i><font color="#990000" size="4">Please read carefully below:</font></i></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Caroline Benitez via Botanyemail</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:botanyemail@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">botanyemail@lists.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 1:17 PM<br>Subject: [Botanyemail] Alert: Fraudulent Job Opportunities Targeting UCR Community<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:large"><p>Dear All,</p><p>We want to make you aware of recent fraudulent job opportunities falsely associated with UCR faculty. These job offers are <strong>not legitimate</strong> and <strong>did not originate from UC Riverside</strong>.</p><p>Please exercise caution if you encounter job opportunities that:</p><ul>
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<p>Claim to offer positions using a faculty member’s name</p>
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<p>Request personal information, banking details, or payment to secure a position</p>
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<p>Come from non-UCR email addresses or contain suspicious links or attachments</p>
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</ul><p>If you receive such a message, <strong>do not respond, click on any links, or provide personal information</strong>. We strongly recommend reporting the email as phishing and deleting it immediately.If you are unsure whether a message is legitimate, please <strong>contact your department or IT Services</strong> for verification.</p><p>Thank you for your attention and for helping keep our campus community secure.</p><p>






</p><p>Best regards,<br>
Caroline</p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web (West European)",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important"><b>Caroline Benitez</b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(68,84,106)!important"><b>|</b> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important">Department Chair Assistant</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web (West European)",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important">UC Riverside, Botany and Plant Sciences </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web (West European)",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important">2118 Batchelor Hall </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(68,84,106)!important"><b>|</b> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important">Riverside CA 92521</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web (West European)",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important">Phone:951.827.4619</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web (West European)",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important">E-mail: </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(5,99,193)!important"><a href="mailto:caroline.benitez@ucr.edu" title="mailto:caroline.benitez@ucr.edu" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(5,99,193)!important" target="_blank">caroline.benitez@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important"> </span></p></div></div></div></div>
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