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[quote=Anonymous][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.
[b]She didn't realize one could access Outlook emails online. [/b]
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Remote work and outdated IT skills isn't a good mix.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]

What does this mean?? Phishing emails can come from anywhere. It has nothing to with which version of outlook you’re using. [/quote]

Seriously. OP, you are focused on the wrong stuff here.

A company instructing an employee to use a particular kind of software is not a red flag. A company instructing an employee to do this on their own tech is fairly cheap, but there may be reasons for it that make sense (e.g., a summer intern being paid $15/hour for remote research should not receive a free company laptop). This could not have been prevented by your daughter using a company laptop or webmail.

I myself recently received a text message from an unknown number impersonating my boss, asking me to go buy Amazon gift cards. There were a couple red flags about the communication, right out of the gate, including the scammer using a name my boss would never use ("Ann" instead of "Ann Marie") and the industry reality that it's unethical for us to give our clients gift cards for pretty much any reason. I reported the episode to the FTC, which will do nothing because by the time I alerted the scammer that I was onto them, they were already gone and onto the next target.

I understand that your daughter is young and that it's intimidating to receive communications from higher ups that feel stressful, but your role as her mom is to help her understand that "This is my first week, I will need to talk to my supervisor about that" is a perfectly acceptable answer to weird requests.

Consider reporting here: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/avoiding-and-reporting-gift-card-scams[/quote]

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