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$30M in losses.
suss. caught
every one.

Five real incidents across universities and school districts. We reconstructed each attack and ran it through our API. Every one fired.

$30M

Combined losses documented

5

Institutions affected

85-100%

suss. detection confidence

5/5

Attacks caught

real cases, real detection

$13M lostCommunity College System

California Community Colleges

“223,000+ fraudulent enrollments across 116 campuses. Synthetic identities applied for financial aid at scale. With enrollment system integration, detection multiplies.”

suss. detection90% risk
ssn_requestghost_student_enrollment_fraud

Source: CA Chancellor's Office

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$6M lostK-12

New Haven Public Schools

“Hackers compromised the COO's email and silently redirected 6 wire transfers. The fraud came from inside their own inbox.”

suss. detection85% risk
ceo_fraudwire_instructions_embeddedwire_urgency_end_of_daywire_request_campus

Source: New Haven Independent

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$5.9M lostUniversity

San Diego State University

“A single fraudulent invoice redirected a $5.9M wire payment. The FBI recovered most of it. The reputational damage was permanent.”

suss. detection100% risk
invoice_bank_changevendor_domain_typosquatwire_instructions_embeddedwire_new_beneficiaryrush_payment_penalty

Source: The Daily Aztec

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$3.36M lostK-12

Johnson County Schools, TN

“pearson.quest instead of pearson.com. A single character in the domain cost a Tennessee school district $3.36 million.”

suss. detection90% risk
bec_invoice_fraudinvoice_bank_changevendor_domain_typosquatwire_new_beneficiary

Source: Johnson City Press

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$1.6M lostUniversity

University of Southern California

“Scammers posed as Chinese police and DHS officials, threatening international students with arrest unless they wired money.”

suss. detection89% risk
government_impersonation_law_enforcementauthority_impersonationisolation_tacticisolation_pressure

Source: USC Dept. of Public Safety

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Frequently asked

How does suss. protect universities from scams?+
suss. deploys browser-level scam detection via Chrome Enterprise. It scans emails, messages, and web content for 508+ fraud indicators in real time -- including vendor invoice fraud, BEC, government impersonation, and phishing -- before money is sent.
What types of education scams does suss. detect?+
Vendor invoice fraud, business email compromise, government impersonation targeting students, domain typosquatting, ghost student enrollment fraud, credential phishing, and social engineering. The system runs at 94.5% precision and 93.2% recall.
How much do scams cost universities and school districts?+
The five incidents documented here represent $29M+ in combined losses. FBI IC3 reports BEC alone cost organizations $2.9 billion in 2023, with education among the most targeted sectors.
How long does deployment take?+
Under five minutes. suss. deploys via Chrome Enterprise managed policy -- one JSON config pushed to all managed browsers. No student opt-in, no IT integration, no onboarding friction.
How do universities get started with suss.?+
Contact us for a 15-minute demo. We'll show you the threats targeting your campus and walk through deployment. Reach out at info@gotsuss.com or visit gotsuss.ai/campus.

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