{"id":12169,"date":"2025-07-31T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/?page_id=12169"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:16:16","slug":"advice-from-the-center-for-global-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/current-students\/scams\/advice-from-the-center-for-global-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice from the Center for Global Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Screen your calls \u2013 let incoming calls go to your voicemail; then listen to the message to know if it is someone suspicious calling who might be trying to scam you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are having a phone conversation and think it might be a scam, hang up the call.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not give money, gift cards, or promise to give money.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not meet up with the person.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not tell them any personal or financial information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you feel threatened or unsafe, call 911.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor\/change information\u2013bank account, credit card, online accounts, passwords, etc. depending on the nature of the call; if you see suspicious activity or think you have been the victim of a scam, call your bank immediately!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can file a complaint with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reportfraud.ftc.gov\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Trade Commission<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/scams-fraud-and-misconduct\/avoid-scams\/report-immigration-scams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USCIS<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you receive any unusual demands in the mail, contact the Center for Global Education (CGE) 207-786-6223; <a href=\"globaleducation@bates.edu\">globaleducation@bates.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you feel upset\/anxious\/need to talk to someone, call\u00a0Counseling &amp; Psychological Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/counseling-psychological-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAPS<\/a>\u00a0at 207-786-6200.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you receive a call and you are not sure if it is a scam, contact CGE for a second opinion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please share this information with your friends to help prevent this from happening to others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":924,"featured_media":0,"parent":12156,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":true,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"sidebar-8","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-12169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12258,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12169\/revisions\/12258"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}