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ATH móvil money scam at the quadrangle

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DSMR posted a Notificación de Seguridad after a student reported that on December 9, 2024 around 11:30 a.m. at the quadrangle a young woman who was not a student or employee asked her to send money by ATH móvil. DSMR intervened. Puerto Rico Police interviewed both people and filed a querella de orientación.

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Institution
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras
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~13,000 studentsAlerta de Seguridad DSMR
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Read when and how UPRRP says it will use División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos (DSMR): summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
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1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

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INITIAL ALERTWebsite
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NOTIFICACIÓN DE SEGURIDAD SITUACIÓN OCURRIDA EL 9 DE DICIEMBREDE 2024 La División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos (DSMR) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, notifica sobre un incidente de estafa de dinero. OFENSA REPORTADA: La perjudicada, una estudiante, informó que el lunes 9 de diciembre de 2024 cerca de las 11:30 a.m., se encontraba en el área del cuadrángulo cuando una joven fémina-quien no es estudiante ni empleada del Recinto- le pidió dinero mediante engaño, el cual le indicó que le enviara por ATH móvil. Personal de la Oficina de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos intervino con la sospechosa, así como se reportó a la Policía de Puerto Rico, quienes entrevistaron tanto a la estudiante como a la sospechosa y realizaron una querella de orientación. ADVERTENCIAS: - Se le exhorta a estar alertas ante las modalidades de estafa de dinero. - Informar de inmediato a las autoridades pertinentes sobre cualquier tipo de delito que ocurra en su presencia o que tenga conocimiento. - En caso de emergencia, favor de comunicarse con la División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgo al 787.764.0000 extensiones 83131, 83535. - Teléfono de la Policía de Puerto Rico, Cuartel de Río Piedras 787-765-0841 o 911.
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How the first alert is built

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

NOTIFICACIÓN DE SEGURIDAD SITUACIÓN OCURRIDA EL 9 DE DICIEMBREDE 2024 La División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos (DSMR) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, notifica sobre un incidente de estafa de dinero. OFENSA REPORTADA: La perjudicada, una estudiante, informó que el lunes 9 de diciembre de 2024 cerca de las 11:30 a.m., se encontraba en el área del cuadrángulo cuando una joven fémina-quien no es estudiante ni empleada del Recinto- le pidió dinero mediante engaño, el cual le indicó que le enviara por ATH móvil. Personal de la Oficina de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos intervino con la sospechosa, así como se reportó a la Policía de Puerto Rico, quienes entrevistaron tanto a la estudiante como a la sospechosa y realizaron una querella de orientación. ADVERTENCIAS: - Se le exhorta a estar alertas ante las modalidades de estafa de dinero. - Informar de inmediato a las autoridades pertinentes sobre cualquier tipo de delito que ocurra en su presencia o que tenga conocimiento. - En caso de emergencia, favor de comunicarse con la División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgo al 787.764.0000 extensiones 83131, 83535. - Teléfono de la Policía de Puerto Rico, Cuartel de Río Piedras 787-765-0841 o 911.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    DSMR is the named official sender.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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    1. present: DSMR is the named sender.
    2. present: The notice is issued by the División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos.
    3. present: UPRRP DSMR published the product.
    4. present: Oficina de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos also appears as the intervening unit.
    5. present: The official source is DSMR of Recinto de Río Piedras.
    6. present: División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos is written in full.
    7. present: The parenthetical DSMR identifies the sender.
    8. present: The product opens as a DSMR notificación.
    9. present: Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras DSMR is the publisher.
    10. present: DSMR notifica is the sender verb.
    11. present: The byline unit is the campus risk-management division.
    12. present: Oficina de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos is named as intervening staff.
    13. present: The official voice is DSMR, not a newspaper.
    14. present: DSMR of UPR Río Piedras is the alerting office.
    15. present: The sender block names División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos.
    16. present: The product is a DSMR security notification.
    17. present: Río Piedras DSMR is the issuing desk.
    18. present: The notice attributes itself to DSMR.
    19. present: La División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos signed the item.
    20. present: DSMR is both the sender and the intervening unit.
    21. present: The official publisher is the campus DSMR office.
    22. present: The first paragraph names DSMR as the notifier.
    23. present: DSMR of the Río Piedras campus issued the notice.
    24. present: The sender is the university security division.
    25. present: DSMR is written out and abbreviated in the same sentence.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    An ATH móvil money scam by deception.

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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    1. present: The incident is an estafa de dinero.
    2. present: Someone asked for money by deception.
    3. present: ATH móvil is the scam channel named.
    4. present: The product is a money-scam warning.
    5. present: Engaño plus a request to send money is the hazard.
    6. present: A money transfer scam is the offense.
    7. present: Estafa de dinero is the labeled incident.
    8. present: The ask was to send funds by ATH móvil.
    9. present: A deception-for-money approach is the danger.
    10. present: The offense reported is a money scam.
    11. present: Pedir dinero mediante engaño is the conduct.
    12. present: ATH móvil transfer by ruse is the hazard.
    13. present: A campus money scam is what the notice is for.
    14. present: The reported crime is fraud by mobile payment.
    15. present: The notice exists because of a money scam.
    16. present: Someone tried to obtain money by deception.
    17. present: Estafa via ATH móvil is the named risk.
    18. present: A payment-app scam is the emergency.
    19. present: The labeled offense is estafa de dinero.
    20. present: Asking for an ATH móvil transfer by ruse is the hazard.
    21. present: Money obtained by engaño is the conduct.
    22. present: This is a scam advisory, not a weather product.
    23. present: The student was asked to send money.
    24. present: ATH móvil is named as the requested payment path.
    25. present: A money scam at the quad is the reason for the notice.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    The quadrangle (área del cuadrángulo).

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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    1. present: The place is the cuadrángulo.
    2. present: The student was in the quadrangle area.
    3. present: Área del cuadrángulo is the site.
    4. present: The Recinto quadrangle is the location.
    5. present: The incident happened on campus at the quad.
    6. present: Cuadrángulo is an explicit place.
    7. present: The student was at the quadrangle when approached.
    8. present: The location phrase is área del cuadrángulo.
    9. present: The quad is the named campus place.
    10. present: The approach occurred at the quadrangle.
    11. present: The place noun is cuadrángulo.
    12. present: The student was standing in the quad area.
    13. present: The recinto quadrangle is specified.
    14. present: Location is the quadrangle, not a building interior.
    15. present: Área del cuadrángulo is a place phrase.
    16. present: The student was at the campus quad.
    17. present: The quadrangle is the only location given.
    18. present: The approach site is the quadrangle.
    19. present: The recinto quadrangle is where it happened.
    20. present: The student said she was in the quadrangle area.
    21. present: Cuadrángulo is the campus geography.
    22. present: The place is outdoors at the quad.
    23. present: The area of the quadrangle is named.
    24. present: The incident location is the quadrangle.
    25. present: Área del cuadrángulo is the only site.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Stay alert to scam types; report crimes; call DSMR or the cuartel.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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    1. present: Stay alert to money-scam modalities.
    2. present: Report any crime you see or know about.
    3. present: Call DSMR at 787.764.0000 extensions 83131 and 83535.
    4. present: The cuartel number 787-765-0841 or 911 is listed.
    5. present: The first bullet exhorts alertness to scam types.
    6. present: Report promptly to the pertinent authorities.
    7. present: Emergency contact is DSMR plus the Río Piedras precinct.
    8. present: Stay alert, then report, then call, is the guidance stack.
    9. present: Extension 83535 is a listed reporting path.
    10. present: 911 is offered as an alternate call.
    11. present: The product tells readers to report crimes they know about.
    12. present: Call the cuartel de Río Piedras if needed.
    13. present: Be alert to modalities of estafa de dinero.
    14. present: Extension 83131 is a listed emergency line.
    15. present: The bullets tell the community how to report.
    16. present: Inform authorities immediately is a bullet.
    17. present: The last bullet is the police and 911 numbers.
    18. present: Stay alert to scam methods is explicit guidance.
    19. present: Call DSMR extensions in an emergency.
    20. present: The guidance is alertness plus reporting plus phone numbers.
    21. present: Report any delito you witness.
    22. present: 787.764.0000 with two extensions is guidance.
    23. present: The cuartel line is a reporting option.
    24. present: Be alert, report, and call are the three moves.
    25. present: The product lists DSMR phones and the precinct.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Monday 9 December 2024 around 11:30 a.m.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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    1. present: The heading date is 9 DE DICIEMBREDE 2024.
    2. present: The body names lunes 9 de diciembre de 2024.
    3. present: The clock cue is cerca de las 11:30 a.m.
    4. present: Monday morning is the time package.
    5. present: DICIEMBREDE 2024 is a date stamp.
    6. present: 11:30 a.m. is an incident time.
    7. present: The situation heading is EL 9 DE DICIEMBREDE 2024.
    8. present: Lunes plus 11:30 a.m. pins the moment.
    9. present: 9 de diciembre de 2024 is in the offense paragraph.
    10. present: The date is December 9 2024.
    11. present: Near 11:30 in the morning is stated.
    12. present: The header splits SITUACIÓN OCURRIDA from the December date.
    13. present: The incident is dated the 9th of December.
    14. present: 11:30 a.m. Monday is the time cue.
    15. present: EL 9 DE DICIEMBREDE 2024 is the dateline.
    16. present: The body restates lunes 9 de diciembre de 2024.
    17. present: Morning of December 9 is the window.
    18. present: Cerca de las 11:30 a.m. is a clock.
    19. present: The date appears in both the heading and the body.
    20. present: Monday 9 December around 11:30 a.m. is stated.
    21. present: The heading preserves DICIEMBREDE as the date line.
    22. present: 11:30 a.m. is more precise than a date alone.
    23. present: The offense paragraph opens with lunes 9 de diciembre.
    24. present: December 9 2024 at about 11:30 a.m. is the stamp.
    25. present: The dateline and the Monday clause agree on the 9th.
  • Impactpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    A female student, not named; suspect a young woman who is not a student or employee.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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    1. present: The victim is identified as a student.
    2. present: The suspect is a young woman, not a student or employee.
    3. present: No personal names appear.
    4. present: The suspect is described only as joven fémina.
    5. present: The victim is una estudiante, not named.
    6. present: The woman is said not to be an employee.
    7. present: Identity is role-only: student and unknown woman.
    8. present: The suspect is not a Recinto student.
    9. present: No clothing description is given; identity is categorical.
    10. present: The victim remains unnamed.
    11. present: The other person is a young woman from off the payroll.
    12. present: The student is the only in-group identity given.
    13. present: The suspect is identified only by sex and non-affiliation.
    14. present: No suspect name or clothing list is present.
    15. present: Perjudicada is identified as a student.
    16. present: The young woman is explicitly not an employee.
    17. present: Identities are student victim and unaffiliated woman.
    18. present: No names are published.
    19. present: The suspect is a joven fémina.
    20. present: The woman is not a student of the Recinto.
    21. present: The victim is una estudiante only.
    22. present: Categorical identity only, no physical description.
    23. present: The other party is described as not employed by the Recinto.
    24. present: The victim is not named; the suspect is not named.
    25. present: Identity cues are student versus unaffiliated young woman.

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About this analysis
Context

Background

Official DSMR Notificación de Seguridad for a December 9 2024 ATH móvil money scam reported at the cuadrángulo. DSMR and Puerto Rico Police intervened. The notice posted the next calendar day (Fecha 10/12/2024).
Analysis

Key Findings

A student reported an ATH móvil money scam around 11:30 a.m. at the quadrangle.
The official notice said DSMR intervened and Puerto Rico Police filed a querella de orientación.
Outcome
DSMR intervened with the suspect. Puerto Rico Police filed a querella de orientación. The official notice did not report an arrest.
Provenance

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Campus Alert Archive. "Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: ATH móvil money scam at the quadrangle." Incident of December 9, 2024. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-puerto-rico-rio-piedras-ath-movil-quadrangle-scam-2024-12-09/

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