Sunday, June 30, 2013

Telephone “prepayment” scam circulating in Sweetwater County

The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is warning citizens about a telephone scam making the rounds. Detective Dick Blust, Jr. says that county residents are receiving calls informing them that they have been selected by the United States government to receive a $6,700 grant or “free money” that they need not pay back.






According to Blust, the callers attempt to make their information sound credible by providing a callback telephone number and a “confirmation number” for the phony grant.






Blust says that you will never be legitimately contacted through an unsolicited call and told you’ve been awarded a grant. The best rule to remember is that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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