Phone Scams

Scammers posing as court officials or police officers are calling people and claiming that they have missed a scheduled jury duty date and must pay an immediate fine or face serious legal consequences.

The Police Department in Roswell, Georgia has published a recording of an IRS scam call on its Facebook Page.

Phone scammers posing as utility company staff are tricking people into giving them money via prepaid debit cards.

Reports indicate that so-called “grandparent” scams are increasingly common. In this report, we discuss how a typical grandparent scam plays out.

Jury duty phone scammers are now using the names of real police officers to make their claims more believable.

People continue to receive scam phone calls claiming to be from the technical department of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Telstra.

Email claims that, after a final tax calculation, you are due a refund from UK tax agency HMRC. It urges you to click a link to claim your return.

UK based building society Nationwide is warning customers about fraudulent text messages that use the company’s name.

Scammers posing as law-enforcement officers are cold-calling people and tricking them into paying over the phone to resolve supposedly outstanding warrants. The scammers warn victims that, if they don’t pay the requested fee, police may come to their home and arrest them.