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: Alerts
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…
Incident Description: A suspect pulled the victim’s backpack off of them and entered an awaiting dark colored Nissan. The driver of the Nissan drove away and was last seen going eastbound on 37th street. No injuries have been reported. Reported Offense: Robbery Date & Time of Occurrence: 10/15/2024 5:40 p.m. Location: On the sidewalk at the 1300 block of…
Incident Description: The victim was walking on the north sidewalk of Jefferson Boulevard at Watt Way. The suspect, on a bicycle, exited the University Village and as he rode past the victim, he sprayed her with pepper spray. The suspect was accompanied by a second male, also on a bicycle. The suspect was last seen riding…
Incident Description: The victim was walking on the west sidewalk of Figueroa Street, south of 32nd Street. The victim was surrounded by four or five suspects who tripped him and then took a gold necklace from around his neck. The suspects ran eastbound across Figueroa and were last seen running northbound on the east sidewalk of…
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…
Incident Description: The two victims were walking on the sidewalk of West 37th Place. The suspect approached from behind them and grabbed the buttocks of both victims. The suspect then ran away eastbound on 37th Place. The victims lost sight of him in the area of 37th Place and Catalina Street. Content warning: this warning addresses…
Incident Description: The victim was walking on the sidewalk when the suspect drove past and yelled at him. The suspect then stopped, exited his vehicle and approached the victim. The suspect placed his hand in his waistband, simulating a weapon. The suspect demanded the victim’s neck chain, then attempted to pull it off the victim’s neck.…
Incident Description: The victim was walking in the hallway on an upper floor of her apartment complex. The suspect, who did not appear to be a resident of the complex, grabbed the victim by her shoulder and her wrist. He began yelling at the victim in a foreign language, possibly Spanish. A witness assisted the victim…
Incident Description: Three victims were on the south sidewalk of Jefferson Boulevard at Royal Street. The two suspects approached the victims and demanded their property. The suspects then attempted to take the property by force. A struggle resulted and the suspects were able to take several items of property. The suspects ran back to the suspect…
