The twist on this scam is that the callers are able to manipulate the caller ID so the call appears to be coming from a legitimate phone number. For...
The callers are able to make it appear the call is coming from a law enforcement agency, police said.
The Plano Police Department is warning city residents about a phone scam that involves callers pretending to be law enforcement.The Plano Police Department has issued a warning about a phone scam that involves callers pretending to be law enforcement. The scam’s twist is that the callers are able to manipulate the caller ID so the call appears to be coming from a legitimate phone number. For example, the caller ID can show the words “Plano Police” although the call is not coming from the police department.
“The scammers have used the names of actual Plano Police personnel and ‘spoof’ caller identification so the numbers of actual law enforcement agencies will appear on the victim’s phone,” police said in
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