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The scams range from Internet fraud to intrusions. The following
are common scenarios:
- Spear phishing e-mails are being sent to university
employees that appear to be from their employer. The e-mail
contains a link and claims some type of issue has risen
requiring them to enter their log-in credentials. Once
employees provide their user name and password, the
perpetrator accesses the university’s computer system to
redirect the employees’ payroll allocation to another bank
account. The university employees’ payroll allocations are
being deposited into students’ accounts. These students were
hired through online advertisements for work-at-home jobs,
and provided their bank account information to the
perpetrators to receive payment for the work they performed.
- Scammers are posting online advertisements soliciting
college students for administrative positions in which they
would receive checks via the mail or e-mail. Students are
directed to deposit the checks into their accounts, and then
print checks and/or wire money to an individual. Students
are never asked to provide their bank account information to
the perpetrators.
- Perpetrators are compromising students’ credential
resulting in the rerouting of their reimbursement money
to other bank accounts. The reimbursement money is from
student loans and used to pay tuition, books, and living
expenses.
- Perpetrators are obtaining professors’ Personally
Identifiable Information (PII) and using it to file
fraudulent income tax returns.
- Some universities have been victims of intrusions,
resulting in the perpetrators being able to access
university databases containing information on their
employees and students.
If you have been a victim of one of these scams or
any other Internet related scam, we encourage you to
file a complaint with the IC3 at
http://www.ic3.gov
and notify your university police.
[Internet Crime Complaint Center]
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