The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) wants to make the campus community aware of a telephone scam in which an individual posing as a USC security officer attempts to collect or extort money from USC parents. The scam involves late night phone calls to USC parents claiming that their student has been incarcerated and…
Category: Community Safety Advisory
SCAM ALERT The University has seen a surge of emails from scammers posing as the USC billing department. These scammers have been sharing fake invoices in efforts to steal student information and tuition. We urge you to be diligent and exercise caution when opening emails to protect yourself from this scam. Last year alone, USC…
COMMUNITY SAFETY ADVISORY – BURGLARY PREVENTION The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) has noticed an increase in residential burglaries occurring off campus. Burglars tend to target homes or apartments with unsecured doors and/or windows. As we approach Winter Recess, please review the below tips to avoid becoming the victim of a burglary. General tips…
The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) wants to make the campus community aware of a telephone scam in which an individual posing as a USC security officer attempts to collect or extort money from USC parents. The scam involves late night phone calls to USC parents claiming that their student has been incarcerated and…
The USC Department of Public Safety has received reports from students, many of whom are international students, who were deceived into giving money to impostors posing as law enforcement officials or representatives of agencies including the Social Security Administration, IRS, U.S. Customs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Department of Homeland Security. Some impostors or…
The university has recently received three reports of students being scammed while attempting to purchase USC home football game tickets. The victims connected with the suspects through GroupMe. The suspects purported to be students. The victims requested to purchase tickets to a USC home football game. The suspects agreed to sell the tickets, and the…
SCAM ALERT The USC Department of Public Safety has received reports from students, many of whom are international students, who were deceived into giving money to impostors posing as law enforcement officials or representatives of agencies including the Social Security Administration, IRS, U.S. Customs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Department of Homeland Security. Some…
COMMUNITY SAFETY ADVISORY: MOTORIZED SCOOTER THEFTS AND BURGLARIES The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has received reports of stolen motorized scooters from on campus residential facilities during this period where many students and community members are in the process of moving out of their apartments and dorm rooms. Students and community members are encouraged to…
SCAM ALERT/PRANK PHONE CALLS The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) has received reports from USC student’s parents who are being contacted by impostors posing as USC DPS law enforcement officials claiming their child is in custody and the child’s need to enroll in a rehabilitation program. USC DPS is not making these contacts and…
CONTENT WARNING: this Community Safety Advisory contains information about peeping tom incidents. PEEPING TOM ALERT:The USC Department of Public Safety has received reports from students and community members who have seen a middle-aged man peeking through their bedroom windows. Since June 2023, USC has received multiple reports from victims of these peeping tom incidents. To…
