Campus Watch: Below is a summary of campus activity reported to or observed by The University Police Department Patrol Officers between Wednesday, 01/14/15 and Thursday, 01/15/15. ****Scam Alerts**** The Federal Bureau of Investigations has alerted campus law enforcement to a few scams that are targeting university, faculty, staff and students. In one scam, the scam artist, sends a fake e-mail to a university employee indicating a change in the employee’s Human Resource Status. The e-mail directs the employee to log onto their human resource web to see the change in status and provides a link that is similar in appearance to the actual web site. The scam artist then captures the employee’s log-in credentials as they log into their website. The scam artist would then use the log-on to change the employee’s paycheck bank account routing number to the thief’s bank account routing number. In the other scam, the scammer sends an e-mail to a university student’s university e-mail address to offer a “work from home” job with a fictitious company’s payroll or human resources office. The student is then asked for their bank account routing number. A sum of money is then transferred into the student’s account. Once the money is in the student’s account, the student is directed to transfer that money into another account that is involved in the account. This is a method of the scammer using a legitimate bank account of a third party to steal money form another’s bank account. For more information on these scams, please see the attached Public Service Announcements GREGORY GYMNASIUM, 2101 Speedway Theft: A black leather wallet containing three identification cards and a debit card was stolen after it was left by a treadmill located on the 1st floor of the gymnasium. Loss value: $5.00. Occurred on 01/13/15 between 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM. Reported on 01/14/15 at 6:30 PM. SAN JACINTO RESIDENCE HALL, 309 East 21st Street Theft: A black in color Fuji Nevada 2.1 bicycle was stolen while it was secured with a chain lock to a bicycle rack located on the east side of the dormitory. Loss value: $300.00. Occurred between 12/11/14 at 12 noon and 12/12/14 at 9:00 AM. Reported on 01/14/15 at 1:38 PM. Crime Prevention Tip: The UT Police Department is good – but let’s not give the thief a head start. To help us solve criminal cases, report crimes as soon as you learn about them. The UT Police Department is open for business 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. We can be reached by phone at 512-471-4441. UNION BUILDING, 2308 Whitis Possession of Drug Paraphernalia: A patrolling Police Officer came upon a UT student on the west side of the building as the student was igniting a glass pipe. Shortly thereafter, the officer detected that all too familiar and distinctive odor that led to the discovery of burning marijuana. Occurred on 01/14/15 at 6:30 PM. The University of Texas Police Department responded to 11 Alarm Reports, 1 “Police Help” Callbox Activation, 1 Non-Criminal Fire with related Fire Alarm, 5 Suspicious Activity Reports, 1 Unsecured Door Report, 2 Medical Emergency Assists, 3 Traffic Violations and 2 Public Assist Requests between 01/14/15 and 01/15/15. Prepared by: Ofc. WR π/ To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit http://www.utexas.edu/police/campuswatch/subscribe.php/
