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Good advice.

A friendly reminder during Data Privacy Week – Be careful what you share online and check the privacy settings on your social media accounts. Quiz answers can be used to steal an identity or enable a scammer to impersonate you to your friends and family.

A local resident recently lost more than $100,000 in a scam.
💻❗ Be very cautious about pop up messages that appear on your computer screen.
💲 ❌ If someone insists you have to move your money to protect it, it is likely a scam.
Scammers are very good at looking legitimate. Think before you click!

People are reportedly claiming they need assistance and offering fake jewelry, gold or other items as "collateral" and scamming people out of money.

PLEASE SHARE! We've received several calls today from people who lost money to scammers in luxury cars pretending to be broken down and without any cash.

HOW IT WORKS: well dressed scammers are pretending their luxury vehicles are out of gas or broken down on the side of the road. They desperately try to stop drivers for help, and in some cases even jump out in front of vehicles to get them to stop. From there, they present themselves as a successful jeweler or business person who lost their wallet or does not have enough cash on them to pay for services. Then, they offer to trade their jewelry or watch as collateral for their victim's cash, promising the value of their luxury watch or jewelry is more than the money they are borrowing. In every case, this collateral is counterfeit and all of the information they gave their victim was bogus.

One of today's victims even drove the scammer to his bank where he withdrew $3,000 in exchange for what he found out was fake gold.

If you see this scam happening or believe you may be the victim of this scam, please call Non-Emergency Dispatch at 503-629-0111 as soon as you can.

Please share this information with your friends, family and neighbors - especially those who may be older or otherwise more vulnerable to this type of scam.