<p>The e-mail looks like a scam: "I have to come up with big-time cash," writes Max Stephenson. The 18-year-old is headed for New York University, he explains, but his mom is on disability, his dad works three jobs, and all his grants and loans only cover half of the school's $50,000 annual tab. So to cover the gap, he's hoping 10,000 friends of friends of friends will each put $2.50 in the mail or send the money via PayPal. </p>
<p>ATTN:</a> Need Tuition Help FAST - Class Is In Session - TIME</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>Q&A here:
Getting</a> Strangers to Pay My Tuition - TIME</p>