Office of the Chief Information Security Officer

Impersonation of a leader within the UCLA organization requesting they review a fake Google Doc evaluation.

UCLA students report getting scammed for UCLA Football tickets in group chats.

Scam emails claim that an explicit video featuring the recipient will be leaked unless a ransom is paid.

Department of Psychology needs the services of students to work remotely as research assistants and gets paid weekly.

​​​​​​​We urgently require the services  of  students  to  fill the position of
Research assistants on a part time basis and get  paid $350  weekly.
The position can be  served remotely and materials needed  to  work with
will  be  provided  by the  department .

Review following security advisories related to recent job scams at UCLA and stay secure.

Avoid mobile deposit scams.

Spear phishing attempt is a carefully crafted personalized email that is usually sent with an attachment or requests a response. The fraudster then tries to entice the recipient to open the infected attachment or respond with personal information.

We have reports from faculty and staff who have been recipients of a new twist on an old e-mail scam. These phishing scams often come from a non-UCLA email address with poor spelling/grammar.

You should never click a link or call back the number from an unexpected delivery notice.

UCLA Information Security Office is aware of UCLA students being targeted by fake job offer scams.