{"id":2078,"date":"2020-04-06T11:07:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T17:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2020-04-06T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T17:07:58","slug":"cyber-security-scams-targeting-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/06\/cyber-security-scams-targeting-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security Scams Targeting Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-06-at-12.06.35-PM-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-06-at-12.06.35-PM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-06-at-12.06.35-PM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-06-at-12.06.35-PM-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo, Jerry Galindo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cyber-Security.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A nursing student was almost scammed for $500 after receiving an internship opportunity through her UTRGV email.\u00a0Lieutenant of UTRGV\u2019s Police Department, Van Slusser explains what a scam email is.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Con artists are sending out emails to a whole bunch of people. They\u2019ll have a link in there that will direct that person to provide some personal information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Slusser adds by saying that most con artists have international bank accounts. Once the victim deposits money into the account the con artist closes it, which makes it difficult for people to get their money back.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior Nursing Major, Stephanie Najar says that she thought the opportunity was legitimate because it was for an internship involving her major.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If it would have been for Psychology or for something else, I would have not applied. This was\u00a0actually referring\u00a0to my own major. That\u2019s why when I applied, I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t think it&#8217;s sketchy, I got it through school. They know that its related to something that I am studying for<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>After she applied, Najar got a call from a \u201cdoctor\u201d saying\u00a0she got the internship to be the personal assistant for a doctor.\u00a0 Najar\u2019s first task was to pay the doctor\u2019s employees while he was on vacation. She received a check through the\u00a0mail,\u00a0however her bank couldn\u2019t find the name of the company. When she called the doctor to ask about the check, he told her to pay his employees with her own personal money through Cash App, and he would reimburse her.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I was like what? That to me sounded really sketchy, why would I use Cash App? You said you needed an assistant to go pay people, you could do that yourself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>After her suspicions Najar tried to send $500\u00a0through Cash\u00a0App. The transaction never went through, and the doctor started getting\u00a0\u201cmad\u201d\u00a0at her. That\u2019s when it was confirmed to her that it was a scam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lieutenant\u00a0Slusser shares how to identify red flags from student emails.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If you see something from a company that you\u2019re not familiar with that name or it\u2019s not a position you have applied for that could be a red\u00a0flag.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Slusser says that company\u2019s rarely reach out to a student\u2019s email for a job in which a student didn\u2019t apply for.\u00a0\u00a0To report an email from a scam call UTRGV Police at (956) 882-4911. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Reporter Hector Tamez<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nursing student was almost scammed for $500 after receiving an internship opportunity through her UTRGV email.\u00a0Lieutenant of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,13,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-brownsville","category-edinburg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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