Is it normal to get a email from Chester via specific person?

Possibly, depends on their role and what you emailed them in the first place about to get the reply. Admin staff often aren't listed on faculty pages (or are harder to find on them) but may well liaise with students and applicants directly on various matters.

Did you apply to the uni? Is there a reason for them to ask for your passport (e.g. are you an international student)?

I did apply to the university and I guess it may be due to me saying that I have dual nationalities (British and another country in Europe) but I am not a international student.

Have you been resident in the UK for the last 3 years? As this often defines your fee status (domestic or international) rather than your citizenship.

I've been resident in the UK for over 3 years, 16 years to be precise.

It's a little unusual then, although the dual nationality aspect may be the reason (I've got indefinite leave to remain and have lived here most of my life but still regularly need to submit my passport to unis, jobs, all sorts). I'd go back and say that you are a UK national and resident so don't understand why you are being asked for your passport I guess?

You can also contact the uni directly through another method on their website and specifically say "I've been contacted by xyz email address which seems to be from your uni, can you confirm if this person is a staff member and if I should release potentially sensitive data to them".

They should usually have some kind of email signature indicating their name, role, and department/office and usually an extension number too if they are genuine, at least for admin/non-academic staff in public facing roles this tends to be typical (academic staff have more of a tendency to half the time email from their official account and half the time from their personal email "[email protected]" in my experience ).

I don't mean to sound paranoid but after being sent multiple scam emails that were almost convincing, Im not sure if the specific email is valid or not.

The email consists of the persons first and last name and then a typical @chester.ac.uk. I tried to search them but I only found them on linkled but not on the official chester site. Im sorry if I sound stupid but it's just that they asked for my passport so Im a little suspicious even though I know sometimes universities consider it a requirement. Usually universities had emailed me with their admissions and enquiries email rather from a direct person.

So it it normal for a university like Chester to be emailed from a persons email starring first and last name?

I don't mean to sound paranoid but after being sent multiple scam emails that were almost convincing, Im not sure if the specific email is valid or not.

The email consists of the persons first and last name and then a typical @chester.ac.uk. I tried to search them but I only found them on linkled but not on the official chester site. Im sorry if I sound stupid but it's just that they asked for my passport so Im a little suspicious even though I know sometimes universities consider it a requirement. Usually universities had emailed me with their admissions and enquiries email rather from a direct person.

So it it normal for a university like Chester to be emailed from a persons email starring first and last name?