Beware of telephone scams - targeting senior citizens! In the - TopicsExpress



          

Beware of telephone scams - targeting senior citizens! In the first scam, consumers have been receiving phone calls from people claiming to be local police or federal agents. The caller says the consumer has unpaid parking fines or traffic tickets and threatens them with jail in order to obtain personal data and credit card information. The callers also use caller ID spoofing to appear to be legitimate government officials. Government agencies do not call people to collect fines. In a separate scam, consumers have received calls from people claiming to represent computer companies, warning of viruses that can be detected for a fee. Do not give credit card numbers through email or to someone calling you, unless you know them. If you are not sure - tell them you will call them back with your information and be sure they are who they say they are first.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:27:53 +0000

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