Dauphin County Officials are warning residents about a recent surge in scam phone calls after numerous reports to local police.According to the Dauphin County S
Authorities respond to an active shooter situation in Maine where at least 16 people are dead; number of casualties is expected to rise.Dauphin County Officials are warning residents about a recent surge in scam phone calls after numerous reports to local police.
"In at least one call, the scammer used a real judge’s name and claimed that judge was prepared to issue a warrant if the call-taker didn’t pay $2,000. The scammer, who answered a return call, further claimed to be a “detective” with an unnamed agency," according to a recent statement from Dauphin County.
The Sheriff’s Office does not require anyone to provide sensitive information in any telephone call, nor to purchase any kind of monetary device to avoid arrest. These scammers use a spoofing websites to show the phone call originates from the Sheriff’s Office on the victims phone as it will indicate on caller ID the actual phone number, leading a victim to believe it is legitimate call from the Dauphin County Sheriff’s Office. This is a very deceptive scam and very hard to trace.
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