Why this looks valid
- Unsolicited job offers directed at college students are common
Why this is fraud
- Generic greetings (“Dear Student”) and grammatical errors are often indicators of malicious emails
- It is too good to be true – 3 hours of work for $620!
Additional notes
- Are you a Vassar student looking for a job? Contact the right experts who can help you at the Career Development Office http://careers.vassar.edu/
- Does this look familiar? We had very similar ones sent to students near the end of April https://pages.vassar.edu/catchoftheday/2018/04/21/a-message-personal-assistant-part-time-position/
- Fraudulent job offers are extremely common. For more information, see http://www.bbb.org/northwest-florida/news-events/bbb-scam-alerts/2016/02/students-targets-of-recent-job-scam/
- This is known as a 419 scam, know as “advanced fee” and usually comes in the form of a lottery notification. If curious, please read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam
- A little paranoia goes a long way! Be suspicious of any email messages similar to this one.