A free piano? Don’t fall for it Scams surge at the University

If you receive an offer too good to be true, whether for a free grand piano, a Playstation or Macbook, then it probably is, and you should steer clear. Scammers have sent several emails to employees and students of the University over the past several months, looking for new homes for their "free" instruments or devices. As for the catch, it comes once you're on the hook for a moving bill for a piano that doesn't show up.

Don't even trust the message when it comes from someone you know. Scammers compromise accounts from innocent victims and use their address books to find addresses to send this scam to.

If you know the person try to contact them in another way than email. The scammers might have taken measures to prevent such warnings to reach them.

Always report these messages to CERT-UT. (If the message is already a few days old, you can be sure CERT-UT has already taken action and you don't need to send in another report)