{"614663":{"#nid":"614663","#data":{"type":"news","title":"BU\u0027s Asian Students Targeted in Global Phone Scam","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA global phone fraud that has scammed three of BU\u0026rsquo;s Asian students out of $124,500, and unsuccessfully targeted a fourth, has prompted the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/\u0022\u003EBU Police Department\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to issue alerts about warning signs for students when approached by someone claiming to be an authority figure and demanding personal information. In the last few months, the same scheme has ensnared would-be victims in New York, San Francisco, Houston, Los Angeles, Canada, and Australia, according to BU Police.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/2018\/11\/15\/crime-alert-international-phone-fraud\/\u0022\u003EBUPD has posted tips\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for students on how to protect themselves (more information below) as well as an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/2018\/11\/15\/crime-alert-international-phone-fraud\/\u0022\u003Einformational video.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESource: BU Today. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2018\/bu-asian-students-targeted-in-global-phone-scam\/\u0022\u003EClick\u003C\/a\u003E for full article.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A global phone fraud that has scammed three of BU\u2019s Asian students out of $124,500, and unsuccessfully targeted a fourth, has prompted the BU Police Department to issue alerts about warning signs for students."}],"uid":"34041","created_gmt":"2018-11-27 18:12:07","changed_gmt":"2018-11-27 18:12:07","author":"cjohnson401","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"170351","name":"International Student and Scholar Services"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}