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Dear UT Students -

This message is to alert you to an unknown man claiming to be
affiliated with the UT Department of Psychology who is making hoax
telephone calls to people affiliated with the UT community. The
caller typically claims to be working on a publication with a faculty
member in the Department of Psychology and asks the person being
called if they would like to participate in an over-the-phone survey
for $300 (or more). He proceeds to ask questions around general
themes of "the dark side of the mind," "IQ and the brain,"
"controlling and playing with people's mind," "power,"
"competitiveness," etc. He often calls females late in the evening
and spends hours questioning his target. Eventually, he hangs up.

Although the person making these phone calls may initially sound
convincing, THIS PERSON IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
PSYCHOLOGY AT UT-AUSTIN. The Psychology Department and other
departments on campus do conduct studies that involve phone surveys.
These studies have been approved by the UT human research ethics
committee (the IRB), and the caller conducting the survey should
always call at a reasonable time of day and be able to provide the
investigators' names and telephone numbers. If you have any
questions about the legitimacy of a survey, you should first take
this information and call the numbers provided to verify that the
survey is indeed valid.