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<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">EMPLOYMENT SCAM TARGETING COLLEGE STUDENTS REMAINS PREVALENT<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">College students across the United States continue to be targeted in a common employment scam. Scammers advertise phony job opportunities on college employment websites, and/or students
 receive e-mails on their school accounts recruiting them for fictitious positions. This &quot;employment&quot; results in a financial loss for participating students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">How the scam works:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Scammers post online job advertisements soliciting college students for administrative positions.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The student employee receives counterfeit checks in the mail or via e-mail and is instructed to deposit the checks into their personal checking account.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The scammer then directs the student to withdraw the funds from their checking account and send a portion, via wire transfer, to another individual. Often, the transfer of funds is to a &quot;vendor&quot;,
 purportedly for equipment, materials, or software necessary for the job.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Subsequently, the checks are confirmed to be fraudulent by the bank.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">The following are some examples of the employment scam e-mails:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;You will need some materials/software and also a time tracker to commence your training and orientation and also you need the software to get started with work. The funds for
 the software will be provided for you by the company via check. Make sure you use them as instructed for the software and I will refer you to the vendor you are to purchase them from, okay.&quot;</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;I have forwarded your start-up progress report to the HR Dept. and they will be facilitating your start-up funds with which you will be getting your working equipment from vendors
 and getting started with training.&quot;</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;Enclosed is your first check. Please cash the check, take $300 out as your pay, and send the rest to the vendor for supplies.&quot;</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Consequences of participating in this scam:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The student's bank account may be closed due to fraudulent activity and a report could be filed by the bank with a credit bureau or law enforcement agency.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The student is responsible for reimbursing the bank the amount of the counterfeit checks.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The scamming incident could adversely affect the student&#8217;s credit record.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The scammers often obtain personal information from the student while posing as their employer, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Scammers seeking to acquire funds through fraudulent methods could potentially utilize the money to fund illicit criminal or terrorist activity.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Tips on how to protect yourself from this scam:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Never accept a job that requires depositing checks into your account or wiring portions to other individuals or accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Many of the scammers who send these messages are not native English speakers. Look for poor use of the English language in e-mails such as incorrect grammar, capitalization, and tenses.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Forward suspicious e-mails to the college&#8217;s IT personnel and report to the FBI. Tell your friends to be on the lookout for the scam.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">If you have been a victim of this scam or any other Internet-related scam, you may file a complaint with the FBI&#8217;s Internet Crime Complaint Center at<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.ic3.gov/">www.IC3.gov</a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and
 notify your campus police at <a href="mailto:UPD@tamuc.edu">UPD@tamuc.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> or<span style="color:black"> 903-886-5868.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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