Parents Beware!

In the last few days, campus police have been notified of a fund raising scam directed at parents. Some one or a group is calling parents and claiming that they are from the "CSULB Science Department" and are looking for donations for the new science building. There is no such fund raiser going on right now. Police said that the number appears as a blocked or private number on caller id's all calls from campus will come up with (562) 985-4111, the university's main number. So, students help your parents avoid a scam and pass this information onto them!!!!!!

Copy of Email Sent to all students.:

CSULB - Fund Raising Scam Alert

Friday, October 2, 2009 11:49 AM

From:

"es-records@csulb.edu"

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To:

jessica_carlson16@yahoo.com

Attention CSULB Students,

Please be aware of a fund raising scam targeting parents of CSULB students. University Police has received reports of telephone calls to parents from the "CSULB Science Department" soliciting credit card donations for the new science building. All reports indicate the caller has "blocked" or "private" caller ID.

The University is not currently conducting a telephone fund raising campaign for the new science building, and all calls from campus will display the caller ID of (562) 985-4111 (The University main number). Please inform your parents of this situation. If there is doubt about the legitimacy any fund raising call, we recommend you request a call back number so you may call them back to make a donation. If the call back number is outside the 562-985-XXXX range, then the call is likely a scam.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact University Police at (562) 985-4101.

***Please do not respond to this email as it is sent from an unmonitored account.***