These calls are never what they seem — hang up immediately.
Republished on July 6 with new police and sheriff department warnings as a new wave of attacks target smartphone users over the holiday weekend.in June, as attacks on smartphone users frightened victims into sending money to avoid arrest, “spoofing FBI phone numbers nationwide and impersonating government agents.”have just issued similar alerts as attackers widen the net. ATF is “working with the FBI, which is actively investigating this scam.
ATF says the attacks impersonating its own agents instruct victims “to purchase Apple gift cards in amounts of $500 or $1,000 to ‘clear a red flag’ from their accounts. Victims are then asked to provide gift card numbers to the callers.”, ATF says citizens should “report suspicious calls to the ATF at 1-888-ATF-TIPS or the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.” And anyone falling victim should “contact local law enforcement immediately.
There should be doubts as to the variety of these law enforcement impersonation scams — every avenue is being explored. These include a warning on Thursday that a jury scam is “,” with one police department warning citizens that callers use the name and ranks of serving officers, warning that jury service had been missed and a payment was due in order to avoid arrest.. In reality, it doesn’t matter what script is used, when phone numbers can be spoofed it’s easy to gain a victim’s confidence.
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