SCAM ALERT: Got a moment
DATE: 11/27/2024
EMAIL SUBJECT: Got a moment
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL: Email
SENDER: Ed XXXXXXXXX <darimamail9@gmail.com>
Note: This message claims to be from a New School staff member but was sent by a malicious actor using a Gmail account. Always check the email domain! All emails from New School community members will come from @newschool.edu email accounts.
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Message Text
From: Ed XXXXXXXXX <darimamail9@gmail.com>
Date: November 27, 2024
To: XXXXXXXXX
Subject: Got a moment
Available??
XXXXXXXXX wrote:
Hi Ed,
Good morning. Yes, I am onsite today, until 2:30 (and 12:15-1pm for a meeting). Please let me know if you want me to come down to A409, if you are onesite, or Zoom, if remote.
Best,
XXXXXXXXX
Ed XXXXXXXXX <darimamail9@gmail.com> wrote:
I’m so occupied at a meeting right now and and unable to communicate properly. I need you to help me run an important task at a nearby store around you, let me know if you can help me do this, thanks
XXXXXXXXX wrote:
Hi again, Ed,
I could. But actually, I was just talking to XXX who said he was going to the Apple store to purchase the gift card ... is this the same thing you need? Then he just left. So ... let me know if you need me to do something else.
- XXXXXXXXX
Ed XXXXXXXXX <darimamail9@gmail.com> wrote:
Don’t worry since XXX has gone, thanks
XXXXXXXXX wrote:
Oh, OK. Then just let us know again if anything else.
Red Flags
🚩 The email is not from a newschool.edu email address. All business emails conducted by New School faculty and/or staff are always sent using a verified @newschool.edu email address.
🚩 The email tries to trick the recipient into thinking it is valid by using the name of a New School community member who they know (in this case, someone within their own department).
🚩 The malicious actor requests that gift cards be purchased using their own personal funds.
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