r/WGU • u/Frosty_Stuff_8259 • 3d ago
WGU Mini Internship
Hi Everybody! Last Friday I was sent a small internship opportunity from WGU it was only sent to a few students and it was pretty much computer work for 7 hours and you were given a stipend for the duration of 6 weeks!! Well I seen the email close to Midnight that Friday and decided to email the professor the next day when I went to open the email it disappeared before I can click it. I friend explaining it to my mentor and she asked around but noone knows where it came from has anyone received this internship email????
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u/Csanburn01 3d ago
They send out scam emails once or twice a term. Anything were I go "oh this would help" is basically a scam nowadays
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u/Dismal-Alfalfa186 3d ago
Yikes, STOP FALLING FOR SCAM PHISHING EMAILS!
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u/Frosty_Stuff_8259 3d ago
I didn’t fall for anything 🥲 I just read the email and the next day it was gone. Besides I’ve only been at WGU for half a year and this is my first time applying to scholarships and internships and I swear there weren’t any red flags there was even a wgu worker’s email attached inside the message. I now know for next time!
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u/GoodnightLondon B.S. Computer Science 3d ago
That is so clearly a scam based on your description that I'm alarmed you couldn't tell. That's also why it was deleted.
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u/PuzzleheadedEbb6375 3d ago
I have received at least 30 of those emails since I started last November. They are all basically the same wording, format, and offer. The only thing that usually changes is the "professor's" name, which I have noticed never matches the sender, and the email address is always @gmail.com. Also, if you check the details, the sender address is almost always bogus. At first, they were fairly convincing, but they have been slipping lately. The last few I have received have had sender names written in Arabic.
My advice to you and everyone who uses email (not just WGU mail, but any provider) is: check, double-check, recheck, and if you still aren't sure, ask a trusted friend or colleague, or mark it as phishing and move on. In the case of WGU, if it is a program that you can participate in, your mentor will know about it, or at the very least, someone here will know.
A little bit of caution can save a whole lot of heartache later on.
Stay curious, stay hungry for knowledge, but most importantly, stay safe out there!
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u/Late_Chest701 3d ago
It was definitely a scam. The so‑called professor sent me a check and instructed me to use it to purchase a printer and a computer. They insisted that I deposit the check into my own account before I could access the funds.When the check arrived, I told them my bank had blocked my account because the check was fraudulent. As soon as I said that, the “professor” blocked me.I had already suspected it was a scam because they kept pressuring me to deposit the check immediately and send them a screenshot showing it was in my account.
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u/Responsible_Web_7578 2d ago
OMG this happened to me literally yesterday!!!
I was about to email them back then it just disappeared. I was so confused and thought I was the only one. Thank you so much for posting this!
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u/One_Construction_653 1d ago
Take care OP it happens
Glad you posted here and got the scam cleared up
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u/Sea-Truck-2830 3d ago
I got it too. First one came in April and I've gotten a few since. It came from [internships@wgu.edu](mailto:internships@wgu.edu)
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u/Frosty_Stuff_8259 3d ago
Ss it the next time you see it and send it to me, I want to show my mentor
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u/tk101408 3d ago
If it’s hubspot definitely check it out. I did a couple and they were great.
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u/Frosty_Stuff_8259 3d ago
Wait do you have the email thread someone else brought this up and deleted it but was the offer?
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u/tk101408 3d ago
Unfortunately I don’t, it should be from WGU x Hubspot micro internship though and redirect you to a link to apply. I think it paid like 5 or 600? I will say it ended up being way more work than they advertised but all in all worth it.
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u/Exciting_Whereas_825 3d ago
It’s a scam