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   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: 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…