MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – If you receive a phone call from a “Sergeant P. Carter” with the Mount Pleasant Police Department – it may be a scam. The department warned residents on Tuesday some someone has been calling citizens claiming to be Sgt. P Carter with the departm...
Group Warns about Police Call ScamSome Charleston residents have reported receiving phone callsfrom scammers pretending to be from...Beck, Erin
Phone scams are nothing new, but unfortunately scammers are getting more tech savvy. Used to, if you got a phone call from a 1-800 number or an odd looking number, you could guess it was a scam call. These days with technology many scammers are able to now "mask" their number. Whe...
Richland Police are warning that phone scammers are impersonating Richland Police personnel. Richland Police took to theirFacebookpage to let citizens know that they aren't calling residents. Several residents have reported receiving suspicious phone calls from persons claiming to be Richland Police pers...
The victim only realized she had been conned after noticing the transfers and subsequently reported the fraud. Visitors snap photos with Little Grape, the Hong Kong police anti-scam mascot, at a carnival at Victoria Harbor on...
“Even if a person wasn’t duped by them, he or she should call 901 and provide us with the number so we can arrest the culprits,” the Colonel said. “Members of the public should be more aware [of the scam]. It is hard to believe that someone will win this kind of money so...
Officials are reminding you to never return a phone call from a number you don't recognize unless you've done the research first and identified it as a legitimate one. SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Police in Southern California are warning the public about a new phone scam. The Simi Vall...
Police say the call, which states your Apple account has been hacked, is a scam. They say neither of the phone numbers are a legitimate call or number utilized by the Rome PD. Police say do not answer the calls and as always, do not give out any private information or answer any prom...
NEWTON (CBS) - If you get a phone call from the Newton Police Department asking you to withdraw money, it's a scam. Newton police said at least two residents were called by someone spoofing the department's main phone number, asking them to withdraw money and deposit it into a Bitcoin ...
Whether you have a landline or a cell phone, phone scammers continue to target vulnerable consumers. Scammers will falsely claim to represent your local electric company, the IRS, Amazon, Apple or other trusted organizations. Now one local law enforcement agency has a local warning for Idahoans...