Westport Police Warn of Wire Transfer Scams - WestportNow.com - Westport, Connecticut
Westport Police Warn of Wire Transfer Scams - WestportNow.com - Westport, Connecticut: "By Joanna Pliner
The Westport Police Department said today it has received three complaints this week from residents about prank callers asking residents to wire money.
According to Lt. Dale Call, two of the calls requested money to be wired to Canada and the third claimed to be calling from a sweepstakes and asked the resident to wire money to the West Indies.
Call said this kind of ploy is nothing new, but residents need to be aware of the danger such scams can cause.
�If [the caller] asks to have money wired, [the residents] need to make sure they know the person they are wiring money to,� Call said.
The caller will usually wait for the resident to offer a name before identifying themselves.
These callers try to take advantage of services that many businesses such as Western Union and Moneygram offer to allow transmitting money quickly to close friends and relatives.
According to the Westport Police Department, a caller should be considered suspicious if they ask you to wire money, ask for your Social Security or check routing numbers, imply they need a confirmation code or money transfer control number before they can withdraw your money, or are contacting you from overseas. "
The Westport Police Department said today it has received three complaints this week from residents about prank callers asking residents to wire money.
According to Lt. Dale Call, two of the calls requested money to be wired to Canada and the third claimed to be calling from a sweepstakes and asked the resident to wire money to the West Indies.
Call said this kind of ploy is nothing new, but residents need to be aware of the danger such scams can cause.
�If [the caller] asks to have money wired, [the residents] need to make sure they know the person they are wiring money to,� Call said.
The caller will usually wait for the resident to offer a name before identifying themselves.
These callers try to take advantage of services that many businesses such as Western Union and Moneygram offer to allow transmitting money quickly to close friends and relatives.
According to the Westport Police Department, a caller should be considered suspicious if they ask you to wire money, ask for your Social Security or check routing numbers, imply they need a confirmation code or money transfer control number before they can withdraw your money, or are contacting you from overseas. "
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