Gift Card scam
The following scam attempts to trick you into responding to the scammer, where the scammer will then ask you to buy and send him / her gift cards. Notice the non-VCU sender’s address, generic language, and odd request; All of which are tell tale signs of a scam. Please delete this message if you received it.
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From: President Michael Rao <drmichaelrao1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Follow up
To: VC Personnel
Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Follow up
To: VC Personnel
I need you to help me get an iTunes gifts card from the store,i will reimburse you back when i get to the office. I need to send it to someone and it is very important cause i’m still in a meeting and i need to get it sent Asap,The amount i want is $100 each in five (5 ) piece so that will make it a total of $500 l’ll be reimbursing back to you, i need physical cards which you are going to get from the store. When you get them,just scratch it and take a picture of them and attach it to the email then send it to me here OK.
On Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 10:58 PM VCU Personnel <vcupersonnel@vcu.edu wrote:
Glad to help. AnnOn Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 3:07 PM President Michael Rao <drmichaelrao1@gmail.com> wrote:I’m in a meeting right now and that’s why i’m contacting you through here. I should have call you, but phone is not allowed to be use during the meeting.I don’t know when the meeting will be rounding up, And i want you to help me out on something very important right away.On Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 9:06 PM VCU personnel wrote:How may I help you?On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 1:45 PM President Michael Rao <drmichaelrao1@gmail.com> wrote:Are you available?