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Following a series of frauds targeting students using cash transfer apps, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department provided tips for students on how to recognize and avoid fraud.
Caleb Gose, UNLPD investigator, said UNLPD utilizes Nebraska state statutes in relation to fraud and scams, like theft by deception or identity theft and identity fraud.
UNLPD breaks fraud down into different categories, such as credit card, ATM and bank card frauds, con games, deception, false pretense, impersonation and other, according to Gose.
For credit card, ATM and bank card frauds, there were roughly 55 reported incidents since 2016, according to Gose. For con games, deception, false pretense and other, there were roughly 60 reports since 2016, and for impersonation, there were about 10 reports since 2016, according to Gose.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department cited and released the individual responsible for several fraud incidents on campus, where he borrowed studentsâ phones to transfer himself money.
The six related cases of fraud happened on Feb. 25, 26, 28 and March 2, four occurring at Love Library South, one occurring at the Nebraska Union and one at Howard L. Hawks Hall.
Deondre White, a 26-year-old man, was responsible for the six cases of fraud, according to Marty Fehringer, assistant chief of police at UNLPD. White was cited and released for unauthorized use of a financial transaction device, and he was banned and barred from UNLâs campus, according to Sgt. Margot Nason.
Two cases of fraud were reported on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, both of which were related to four fraud cases from the week before, according to the UNL Police Departmentâs Daily Crime & Fire log and Sgt. Margot Nason.
On Feb. 28, a UNL student reported that a non-affiliate asked to borrow their phone to make a call at Love Library South, but the individual transferred money instead. Another student reported a similar fraud in progress at Howard L. Hawks Hall on March 2, according to the crime log.
Nason said the non-affiliate male was the same individual who asked to borrow studentsâ phones and then sent money to himself on Feb. 25 and 26 at Love Library South and the Nebraska Union.