{"id":2133,"date":"2025-02-07T13:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T00:04:21","slug":"charitable-donation-airstream-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2025\/02\/07\/charitable-donation-airstream-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Charitable donation \/ Airstream trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

This scam has been circulating recently on campus. It is not a new idea but a variation of the well-known \u201cPiano scam\u201d and \u201cWelding machine\u201d scam<\/a>.
\nThe scenario is the same – something expensive is donated, and you only have to pay the delivery fee. You send the money, and you never see any piano, welder, or trailer.
\nThey usually pretend to be some UVic faculty or staff, helping a colleague or relative to donate the goods. In this case, they also used the name of a UVic person, which is redacted in the screenshot below.
\nPlease stay vigilant to such offers that sound too good to be true, and if in doubt, consult with your desktop support person or the UVic helpdesk.<\/p>\n

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Subject: Charitable donation<\/p>\n

Dear Faculty\/Staff,<\/p>\n

I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform you that One of our staff at University of Victoria, Ms Monica M. Margaillan, has expressed her willingness to donate her late father’s 2014 Airstream Sport 16′ Travel Trailer. 7000 miles, Sleeps 4. Has a color TV, radio, microwave, propane heater, electric AC\/heater unit. If you are interested this airstream Sport, please indicate your interest by sending an email to (<redacted>@outlook.com) to arrange inspection and delivery or pickup with a moving company.<\/p>\n

NB: Please write Mrs Monica with your personal email for a swift response.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

<redacted>
\nMember of the Board
\nUniversity of Victoria<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This scam has been circulating recently on campus. It is not a new idea but a variation of the well-known \u201cPiano scam\u201d and \u201cWelding machine\u201d scam. The scenario is the same – something expensive is donated, and you only have to pay the delivery fee. You send the money, and you never see any piano, … Continue reading Charitable donation \/ Airstream trailer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":738,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/738"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions\/2140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}