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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, she is actually being paid, minimum wage, $15/hour.
"School mom" is an alum of her high school. This mother wants to help out the kids. Her own children are the same ages and attend these schools too. The kids all know each other.

She was VERY defensive when she called me. I had to point out to her that the HR and IT people didn't even notify her of this issue. She only heard about it from me last night way after it was all over. Why wasn't she notified? She quieted down when I pointed out that her company may have security breaches if her IT people can't be bothered to do basic filtering of incoming emails. I wasn't hearing any talk about reimbursement so I don't think it will happen.
She didn't realize one could access Outlook emails online. 
It's not a big company, maybe 15 people max. Having worked in companies large and small, I'm pretty sure the IT person at a company this size phones it in. The HR person lives 2 time zones away. The rise of remote work leaves workers isolated AND unconnected to their colleagues. For the young ones, there is no mentoring.
Remote work and outdated IT skills isn't a good mix. It's easily exploitable.[/quote]

There are number of possibilities here that could be investigated if you report the loss to the police, which you should do.

The first and most likely is that the Mom CEO is a crook. Most cons occur locally with affinity as a feature.

The next is that IT person or HR people aren’t properly vetted and are crooks.

Third is this purely bad luck and a coincidence. But this seems to me the most remote possible because Occam’s Razor.

I’m struggling to understand how a 15-person firm that does “research” and has “summer internships” that START in mid-August are legit.

What does the job description entail? What is the “research” on? [/quote]

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