The Newport Beach Police Department said scammers can manipulate their caller ID, and get info about their victims through social media.
The Newport Beach Police Department issued a warning Wednesday about a phone scam where someone is calling residents pretending to be a lieutenant from the department. In a post on X, the department said it became aware of the scam after multiple targets contacted them. The way the scam apparently works, is that the caller, posing as a police lieutenant, says that the victim has outstanding citations in the city, and then asks them to pay off those citations over the phone.
"The Newport Beach Police Department will not contact you to request money and does not accept any kind of payment for legitimate services over the phone," NBPD wrote in the post.SUGGESTED: Simi Valley police warn about scam telephone calls of person posing as an officerThe department said these callers use a lot of tricks to come off as convincing.
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