From EDU Account Takeover to Job Scam Abuse: West African Fraud Actors Target Universities

Key Takeaways Threat actors are using compromised university email accounts to distribute job-based advanced fee fraud. College students are uniquely vulnerable due to financial pressure and trust in institutional email. Threat actors leverage form-based credential harvesting rather than traditional, web-based phishing kits. These campaigns demonstrate multi-stage monetization, not isolated scam activity.

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