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10-24-2008, 09:00 AM
Friday, October 24, 2008
From Staff Reports
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PITTSGROVE TWP. - The county Office on Aging is alerting area residents here of a possible identity theft scam where a live person is apparently posing as a bank representative.
The alert comes after a Pittsgrove senior citizen reported getting a call from someone apparently impersonating a Chase Manhattan bank employee, according to Kurt Shoemaker of the Office on Aging.
Shoemaker said the resident received several phone calls, and the scam is likely not an isolated incident.
"It's not coming from Chase. It's a scam," Shoemaker said. "They were trying to scare him into giving personal information."
In Vineland recently, several residents have reported to police automated phone calls claiming to be from Valley National Bank.
The message requests information including Social Security number and date of birth, needed to allegedly reactivate a suspended account. Vineland Police have said recipients of the call do not have credit cards with the bank. Shoemaker warned never to give out personal information over the phone after receiving a call.
He said the resident asked for written verification through the mail to the caller and hung up the phone. Others should do the same, and should report such incidents to local police, he added.
From Staff Reports
tsnews@sjnewsco.com
PITTSGROVE TWP. - The county Office on Aging is alerting area residents here of a possible identity theft scam where a live person is apparently posing as a bank representative.
The alert comes after a Pittsgrove senior citizen reported getting a call from someone apparently impersonating a Chase Manhattan bank employee, according to Kurt Shoemaker of the Office on Aging.
Shoemaker said the resident received several phone calls, and the scam is likely not an isolated incident.
"It's not coming from Chase. It's a scam," Shoemaker said. "They were trying to scare him into giving personal information."
In Vineland recently, several residents have reported to police automated phone calls claiming to be from Valley National Bank.
The message requests information including Social Security number and date of birth, needed to allegedly reactivate a suspended account. Vineland Police have said recipients of the call do not have credit cards with the bank. Shoemaker warned never to give out personal information over the phone after receiving a call.
He said the resident asked for written verification through the mail to the caller and hung up the phone. Others should do the same, and should report such incidents to local police, he added.