Employees on campus have received phone calls in recent weeks from a printing/office supply company claiming there’s a national price increase in printer toner and that as a preferred customer, they can keep our campus price locked for the next year. If you receive a call like this, hang up. This is a scam. If the calls persist, contact the […]
Deactivation scares work because nothing scares people into reacting quicker than a deactivation notice saying your email account will be closed unless you take action now. You have probably gotten one of these. You probably got one today. Rarely a day goes by when we don’t get an email pretending to come from an organization we might or might not […]
Phone calls from fake IRS agents have netted crooks about $47 million in three years, according to the US Treasury Department. Some MSUM students have reported receiving such calls. This year, the scam has a new twist. Students who might have college loans have been targeted and threatened with arrest and other penalties unless a nonexistent “federal student tax” is immediately paid. Meanwhile, the […]
Two students have contacted MSUM Public Safety saying they were called by scammers claiming they were under investigation by Public Safety and demanding payments. In one call, the scammer claimed to be from the IRS, in another call, the scammer claimed to be from Public Safety and the caller ID was spoofed to read Public Safety. MSUM Public Safety will […]