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.