Scams are in abundance at any time of year, but recent spoof scam efforts have the attention of the US Department of Justice.
Spoofing is where callers fraudulently show themselves as having numbers belonging to government agencies. The US Attorney’s Office says scammers will do whatever they can to keep residents on the line, so potential scam victims need to hang up and directly call the agency in question. US Attorney First Assistant Duston Slinkard says the government will not tell you to pay money immediately during a phone call.
The US Attorney’s Office information follows the Emporia Police announcement from this past weekend involving scammers allegedly representing Evergy and demanding payments through Cash App to avoid service shutoffs.
If you are victimized by a phone or online financial scam, call your bank to try recalling the wire transfer and then file an online complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, IC3.gov.
