A conman impersonating a Coconut Creek Police sergeant has been phoning residents as part of a scam, the police department said Tuesday.
“He’s telling folks they missed a court date, and officers are coming to arrest them unless they pay an immediate fine,” the department said on social media.
“Of course, the scammers say they’ll take payment over the phone,” police wrote. “We would never call anyone and threaten to take them to jail over some unpaid fine.”
Police said anyone who receives a similar phone call should hang up.
Also, on Tuesday, authorities warned about a fake bank employee scam targeting Coconut Creek residents.
A 76-year-old Coconut Creek woman fell victim to a conman who pretended to be calling from her bank and told her all her accounts were compromised.
“She was scared, which is exactly what the scammer wanted,” police wrote on social media.
The conman convinced the woman to disclose more of her personal information, which ultimately led to him scamming her out of thousands of dollars through Apple Pay purchases, police said.
Fraudsters like Apple Pay because it’s fast and convenient to make quick transactions, according to the department.
As with the police impersonation scam, police said anyone who receives a call purporting to be from a bank asking for personal information should hang up.
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