{
  "id": "2025-10-24-santa-monica-college-missing-students-scam-alert",
  "slug": "santa-monica-college-missing-students-scam-alert-2025-10-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Santa Monica College",
    "shortName": "SMC",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Corsair Alert / SMCPD Crime Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-10-24",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "other",
    "resolution": "advisory-only",
    "headline": "Scam alert: flyers about missing students",
    "headlinePublic": "Scam alert: flyers about missing students",
    "summary": "Santa Monica College Police Chief Johnnie Adams [emailed a district scam alert](https://admin.smc.edu/administration/police/documents/Crime-Bulletins-2025/scam-alert-missing-students-10-24-2025.pdf) about false missing-student flyers soliciting money. Full text recovered from the official SMCPD PDF of the district email.",
    "outcome": "Flyers described as false; community directed to SMCPD report 25-236."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Friday 10/24/2025 11:05 AM district email",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Scam Alert: Flyers about Missing Students\n\n         From Bulletins <Bulletins@smc.edu>\n         Date Fri 10/24/2025 11:05 AM\n         To   DISTRICT <DISTRICT@smc.edu>\n\n         Sent on behalf of Santa Monica College Police Department (SMCPD) Chief Johnnie Adams\n\n         Scam Alert\n         Today officers from SMCPD received a report of suspicious circumstances where\n         flyers were being made about missing students on campus. This is false information\n         and is used as a ploy to get money from unknowing victims. The flyers are associated\n         with another flyer that has a QR code requesting money to assist with the search. Any\n         additional information should be directed to SMCPD by calling (310) 434-4300 and ask for a\n         supervisor referencing report 25-236.\n\n         It is important to vet the information prior to sending and money or goods to unknown\n         individuals. Please stay safe and download Corsair Alert, the official safer app of SMC and\n         available for free on the Google Play and Apple stores.\n\n         Johnnie Adams\n         Chief of Police, Santa Monica College PD\n         1718 Pearl Street,\n         Santa Monica CA 90405\n         Office - (310) 434-4302\n         Cell - (213) 304-8417\n         Past President, FBI National Academy Associates, Inc.\n         For 24/7 emotional support for SMC students, please call (800) 691-6003",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://admin.smc.edu/administration/police/documents/Crime-Bulletins-2025/scam-alert-missing-students-10-24-2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Official SMCPD district email PDF, Oct 24 2025",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official SMCPD district email PDF preserved in crime-bulletins archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1400,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official SMC Police crime-alerts archive (district email PDF).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official district scam-alert email recovered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Scam Alert: Flyers about Missing Students - SMCPD",
      "url": "https://admin.smc.edu/administration/police/documents/Crime-Bulletins-2025/scam-alert-missing-students-10-24-2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "scam-alert",
    "advisory",
    "california",
    "email"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}