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Falls City Police Warn of Scam Attempts

By John Nixon

06/01/2016

(KLZA)-- Time for another round of scam attempts.

Falls City Assistant Police Chief Jamie Baker wants to alert area residents that recent scam attempts have resurfaced. Phone calls and the mail are being utilized by the scammers.

If you receive a check in the mail, accompanied by a letter telling you to cash it for tax purposes on a prize you have won, this is a scam. The letter advises you to send a personal check, in the amount you received, to pay taxes on the prize you have won.

Assistant Chief Baker says, if you cash the check and then send the money to the directed address, you will be out the money you sent. The check you were sent will not be good.

The scammers are also calling area residents and attempting them to send in cash to pay the taxes on a prize they have won.

If you receive a check in the mail, you can call the Falls City Police Department seeking information or bring the check to the Police Department to have it checked out.

Legitimate prizes will not ask you to send in the money for taxes prior to the prize being awarded.

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