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Email Scams

Some TTU faculty, staff, and students have received unsolicited emails with subjects such as "Pandemic Grant," "Pandemic Grant for students," or "Covid-19 funds for students." These messages ask the recipient to send them an email containing their contact information to receive grant or relief money. Unlike similar scams sent in the past, these messages may ask you to respond with your personal email address or other contact information, rather than your TTU information.

After Storms, Watch for Scams

Natural disasters and severe weather can create opportunities for fraud in their wake, occurring at a time when people may be especially vulnerable, or targeting charitable intentions. Scammers use phone, text, mail, email, and even go door-to-door to target residents of affected areas following hurricanes and damaging storms.

Internet Crime Report for 2022

In the recently released 2022 Internet Crime Report produced by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the numbers confirm that cyber actors continue to plague Americans by targeting U.S. networks, attacking critical infrastructure, holding our money and data for ransom, facilitating large-scale fraud schemes, and threatening our national security. IC3 received a total of 800,944 reported complaints, with losses exceeding $10.3 billion.

Back-to-School IT Resources & Services

The beginning of the academic year is the perfect time to learn new technology tools and/or enhance your skills. TTU offers a variety of IT resources that will help ease the transition into the new school year. 

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