[Students] CITE - FBI SCAM Alert

[Lydia Harkey]

Students,
Have you ever received an email with the Subject line?
I have a work-from-home opportunity for you!
Work From Home! Earn $300 - $400 a day
Career Opportunity for Payroll Position - HR Summit
College students across the United States have been targeted to participate in work-from-home scams. Students, be aware that you may receive emails in your LEOmail account recruiting you for payroll and/or human resource positions with fictitious companies. The "position" simply requires you to provide your bank account number to receive a deposit and then transfer a portion of the funds to another bank account. Without you knowing this, the other account is involved in the scam that you have helped perpetrate. By receiving the funds and directed elsewhere have been stolen by cyber criminals. Participating is a crime and could lead to your bank account being closed due to fraudulent activity or federal charges.
How can you protect yourself from this Scam?

*         If job offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

*         Never accept a job that requires depositing of funds into your account and wiring them to different accounts.

*         Look for poor use of the English language in e-mails such as incorrect grammar, capitalization, and tenses.

*         Never provide credentials of any kinds such as bank account information, login name, passwords, or other identifying information in response to a recruitment e-mail.

*         Contact CITE Help Desk<mailto:helpdesk at tamuc.edu>, 903-468-6000, if you receive suspicious e-mail.
If you have been a victim of this scam, you may file a complaint with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.IC3.gov<http://www.IC3.gov>. Please reference this PSA number in your complaint. The IC3 produced a PSA in May 2014 titled "Cyber-related Scams Targeting Universities, Employees, and Students," which mentioned the university employee payroll scam. The PSA can be viewed at http://www.ic3.gov/media/2014/140505.aspx


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