A STUDENT lost over $3,000 after they received an email from who they thought was a university professor.
Clayton Justice, a student at Case Western University, in Cleveland, Ohio, said he was offered $500 for a work project but instead lost over $3,000.
The biomedical engineering major received an email from a professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Clayton, 19, said the email appeared to be from an economics professor called Dr. Marco Airaudo who offered him $500 to research pharmaceuticals, according to ABC affiliate WPVI-TV.
“500 bucks for about what two, three hours of work, I thought it was a really good deal for me,” Clayton said.
He added that he and his mom, Kimberly Justice, had done some research and thought the job was legitimate.
“Even when I looked into it I was like legitimate professor, that’s his area of study it makes sense that they would do it,” Kimberly said.