This is not the first time we’ve posted about piano scams, but this one is unusually well-crafted and also takes the extra step of impersonating President Kevin Hall. The sender email address in the example below even looks like it came from within UVic, but in reality it was spoofed.
The fact that the email tells you to contact someone you don’t know at a different email address from a free email provider is a red flag. If you’re not sure about the legitimacy of the email, verify it by contacting the supposed sender through a different contact method that you know is safe. Do not reply directly to the suspicious email–in this case, the email was crafted to send any replies to yet another Gmail address that is controlled by the scammer. And as always, be wary of unsolicited offers that look too good to be true.
