Medina school district warns of scam asking for gift cards for staff

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 January 2024 at 4:42 pm

MEDINA – The Medina School District is warning of scam where people are asked to give their credit cards for gift cards for staff members.

“We want to make you aware of a scam that is currently happening in many neighboring districts,” the Medina district said in a message to the community this afternoon. “Parents and community members are receiving text messages from a 212 area code claiming to be someone from the schools.

“These text messages ask people to purchase gift cards for other staff members, and they try to obtain credit card information. Please know that nobody from the Medina CSD will ever solicit money from families to purchase gifts for staff members.

“If you see a message like this come to your phone, please treat the message as spam and do not click on any links in those emails.”