As we head into the Christmas/New year holidays, I wanted to send  a friendly reminder that scammers and bad actors often use this time to launch their scams because they know people have their guard down and offices are closed.  I have included examples of the 2 most common scams for your information below but know there could be other varieties that show up. The easiest think you can do is to remember that TLU IT, or any University department will never ask you for your email/account credentials, or to confirm your account to prevent deletion or indicate a specific “login” no matter how “official” it looks. Microsoft won’t do this to individuals either so if you see something that portrays itself as them or an “ADMIN”, asking for your credentials, simply delete it or put in your junk folder. Please help TLU stay secure by not sharing it via e-mail, a form, over text, phone etc.! 

Have a cyber-safe holiday, and good luck on finals to our New Braunfels and Houston students!

William R. Senter

VP for Administration & Chief Technology Officer

Texas Lutheran University

wsenter@tlu.edu

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Examples of common scams to TLU email addresses

Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2025 6:36:11 PM
Subject: NOTICE OF TERMINATION FROM THE ADMIN

 We notice that your office 365 has two different logins with two universities' portals. Kindly

 Indicate the two info logins as soon as possible. To avoid termination within 24hrs, we expect you

 to adhere and address it Click Here To Verify Your Account

Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2025 6:35 PM
Subject: SUMMER PART TIME JOB

With a competitive weekly income, this role requires an administrative assistant to help with a variety of administrative duties, including processing paperwork, keeping records, delivering and receiving gifts, and processing payments. The job description and some basic details are provided below.

in the role of personal assistant

Job Type: Part-Time

Pay: $450 per week

Hours: 11 hours a week on average

This part-time job can be done from home, in school, or any other location as it will be home-based.

Click APPLY HERE