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SCAM ALERT – Police are NOT calling citizens for payment

By Anchorage Police Department on Jan 17, 2019 General News, Southcentral

In the last couple of days police have been notified by citizens that someone has called them, identified themselves as an APD officer, and stated the citizen has an outstanding warrant. The scenarios vary but one includes the suspect telling the citizen they have a warrant for not showing up for jury duty. Regardless […]

U.S. Marshals Urge Public to Report Phone Scams to FTC

By U.S. Marshals on Nov 15, 2017 National, National/World

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marshals are alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. They are urging people to report the calls not only to their local U.S. Marshals Service office, but also to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has […]