South San Francisco, CA September 23, 2020 h/t Sheri Boles for the share from FTC -September 23, 2020 by Lisa Lake Consumer Education Specialist, FTC If you don’t usually file a tax return, or didn’t file a return…
Tag: IRS Scams
SSFPD Media Release: Pre-Paid Debit Card Fraud
South San Francisco, CA February 21, 2015 Submitted by SSFPD On February 13, 2015 at approximately 2:35 pm, a 71 year old South San Francisco resident was called on the telephone by an unknown person claiming to represent the Internal…
Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week
South San Francisco, CA January 29, 2015 by Amy Hebert Consumer Education Specialist, FTC Another tax scam: IRS imposters Tax identity theft is the theme of the week, but it’s not the only tax scam we’re talking about. Complaints to…
SSFPD Media Release: IRS Confidence Scheme / Scam
South San Francisco, CA September 10, 2014 On 09/09/2014, a South San Francisco resident received a phone call from a male who identified himself as an officer for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The suspect told the victim he…
IRS Confidence Scheme Foiled by Alert Store Employee in SSF
South San Francisco, CA July 5, 2014 Submitted by SSFPD Recently, several residents of South San Francisco have fallen victim to a unique type of scam in which citizens have been contacted by subjects purporting to be agents with…
SSFPD Media Release: IRS Confidence Scheme/Scam
South San Francisco, CA June 14, 2014 Submitted by SSFPD Recently several residents of South San Francisco have fallen victim to a unique type of scam in which citizens have been contacted by subjects purporting to be agents with the…
SSFPD Media Release: Financial Elder Abuse Fraud / Scams
South San Francisco, CA May 16, 2014 Submitted by SSFPD The South San Francisco Police Department continues to see a rise in fraudulent telephone scams targeting its citizens. On 05/10/14, a resident of South San Francisco was contacted via…
SSFPD Media Release: Fraud / Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses
South San Francisco, CA May 8, 2014 Submitted by SSFPD On 5-6-14 at approximately 0800 hours, a South San Francisco resident received a telephone call at his residence from an unknown suspect who identified himself as “Bexter Cruz” from the…
SSFPD Media Release: Green Dot Scam
South San Francisco, CA April 24, 2014 Submitted by SSFPD On 4/10/2014 and again on 4/18/2014, an unknown suspect contacted a resident on the 100 block of Longford Drive, in South San Francisco, via her residential telephone, in an attempt…
SSFPD Media Release: Phone & Internet Scams Continue
South San Francisco, CA April 1, 2014 Submitted by SSFPD Over the past few weeks, citizens of South San Francisco have reported getting suspicious phone calls, messages or emails in what appears to be several different financial scams. The scam…