South San Francisco, CA March 12, 2013 The California Public Utilities Commission is advising community members how to avoid being scammed as the South San Francisco Police Department continue to release reports detailing how our neighbors are tricked into believing…
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SSFPD Media Release: IRS Confidence Scheme I Scam
South San Francisco, CA March 11, 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…
Phone Scams Targeting Elderly Alert
South San Francisco, CA January 7, 2013 Heads up – please share this warning we just rec’d from a South City neighbor An elderly Colma neighbor got a call from Kaiser saying they’re due a refund for overpayment in 2013.…
SSFPD Media Release; Financial Scams By Phone Especially Targeting Our Seniors
South San Francisco, CA. October 30, 2013 After parting with nearly $90,000 of life time savings to help a person she thought was her grandson, our 80 year old Wexford neighbor became suspicious and contacted our police department. While there…
Scam Alert: Phishing Emails & Personalized Spam
Peggy Deras, South City resident and founder/moderator of southcityusa, a Yahoo group created to bring major news relating to South San Francisco to residents, recently shared this information with her group. Peggy’s husband George found his email and password…