Fake donation calls hit Fargo, impersonate officers

Fake donation calls hit Fargo, impersonate officers

FARGO — Scam calls and texts are becoming increasingly common, with fraudsters impersonating toll services, friends, family members — and even local police. This week, Fargo police warned residents to be on alert after reports of a scam caller posing as a Fargo Police Department officer. The caller claimed to be raising money for officer training. Police say this is not how they operate and advise residents to hang up immediately if they receiv…

“Recently, there has been an increase in attempts of spoofing fraud - phone calls, messages and websites that disguise an official communication of a banking institution or a state authority (ANAF, Romanian Police, etc.) - in which the visual identity of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) has been used, aiming to obtain personal data or performing actions that may lead to financial transactions based on false information (such as tips or investm…

A suspected false health insurance employee was on the way to Salz on Tuesday, as reported by the Bad Neustadt police. Between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m., an unknown person approached an 86-year-old woman in her garden and eluded her information about her illness. The man even came to the lady's house. The police suspects an attempt to fraud and warn against conversations with unknown insurance employees. She advises not to leave strangers alone, to mak…

Police warn of fraudsters spoofing New Westminster non-emergency line

New Westminster police say 30 people have called the department about the suspicious calls

According to the Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim Police Inspectorate, there was an increase in fraud attempts by so-called fake police officers in the Lingen and Nordhorn area on Wednesday. Like the police...