ELIZABETHTOWN — Law enforcement here is urging area residents to be awareabout an active scam where victims are cpoontacted by phone, text or email.
According to the Elizabethtown Police Department, the caller falsely represents themselves as an official business or entity — including, but not limited to Publisher’s Clearing House, Lottery, IRS, Amazon, or a state or local law enforcement agency — and tells the victim that there is some type of outstanding debt or bill that needs to be paid or they have won a cash prize.
The suspect will usually say that the debt, bill, or prize money can be resolved or collected by giving out personal or financial information to pay the bill or a processing fee for an award. The suspect may even tell the victim that their personal or financial identity has been compromised in order to trick the victim into giving up sensitive information.
The suspect may go as far as to tell the victim that there are outstanding warrants on them and they need to send money to get the charges dismissed. In some cases, the suspect even tells the victim that their Amazon, Apple, Ebay, Cash app., etc.t, accounts have been compromised. The suspect will also request money from the victim by having them give out their debit card, credit card, and bank account numbers, thereby accessing those accounts and stealing money from them.
The suspect will also get the victim to purchase various types of gift or green dot cards and place money on the card….
