Crime Prevention Month Tip: “Just Hang UP! On Telephone Scams”

Crime Prevention Month Tip:  “Just Hang UP! On Telephone Scams”

Residents throughout the State of Michigan have been receiving “cold calls” from scam artists with the “IRS tax scam, Grandparent scam - “Help I need money”, Medical alert devices, Medicare services, and others, it is recommended not to engage in the pitch, just “Hang up!”

 

If you do decide to speak with them ask them to send you information in writing, get their name, ID number and their supervisor, if they refuse it’s obvious they are impostors. Avoid future calls by monitoring your caller ID for the same telephone numbers or numbers you don’t recognize.

For more information on avoiding being a victim of a scam click the image below to access the Better Business Bureau's website.

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