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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid got a summer internship as a remote researcher. At first the company said they would send her a laptop to work on. Then a few days before the start of her first day, they decided she could work off her own laptop. On her first day, she was instructed to download outlook and another cloud software where she was supposed to enter her work. One of the first outlook emails was from someone with the CEO's name but not the CEO's company address.  This person asked for her phone number and from there proceeded to cajole my kid into buying 3K worth of Amazon gift cards because it was supposed to be a present for the employees. By the time I found out about it, it was too late, the gift codes had been redeemed. She used her debit card to buy this.

No matter how many times I have warned my kids about scams out there AND even told them about this sort of scam where the email is not originating from the actual person but someone impersonating that person, my warnings never sunk in.
So a couple of things are bothering me. 
1) the company not giving her the equipment to work on but having her use her own
2) Downloading Outlook. 365 emails can be accessed thru their website, just like gmail. One doesn't need to download Outlook.
3) No security protocols as part of onboarding. In my experience, the IT department talks regularly about this sort of stuff to all employees and DEFINITELY as part of onbaording. Company ransomware happens.
4) No security filters in the company emails.

On the one hand, I am really angry at my kid and worried about my child's poor judgment. The latter is a huge source of concern. I can only hope this is a huge wake up call to a kid who has been so used to adults telling her what to do all her life.  She is a good student, diligent and hardworking and that is its own problem. She doesn't question authority. She does as she is told. And she was easily scammed.

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It sounds to me like the entire “internship” might be a scam.[/quote]

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