Q: Someone hacked into my school email and impersonated a professor and scammed me for $1900 can I sue my school.
I got an email from my school and the person said they were hiring students for a research position. In the email they said to contact my professor from the English department to submit my resume. They sent me a check from an email that ended in edu. I trusted the check and it was successfully deposited into my account. The second day they told me to send the funds using Zelle to someone and the third day my bank reversed the check. I got in contact with my bank, school, the scammers bank, and the police. At the moment I have not received my money back. I would like to know if I can sue my school.
A:
Without evidence that your school was somehow involved in the scam, I don’t see much likelihood for success.
Internet scammers often impersonate other email accounts in order to hide their identities. I think it is highly likely your school was not involved
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