Thanks for sharing Molly. I received the same offer and went through the same "interview" process with the individual Franceso Lotto. In my case, "the school" referred me to a "legal office" with details of an attorney to provide visa assistance. It was at this point that I received a request to send money for the visa application fee to a cashier by the name of Promise Moses. The email they listed for this legal office was interno.gov@representative.com although it appears as visas@interno.gov.it. They are not just posing as the school, but as the Ministero dell'Interno as part of this scam.