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No law enforcement agency will ever require a payment over the phone. If
you receive this type of call, simply hang up and do not answer return phone calls. And never provide your personal information over the phone in an unsolicited phone call.
If you would like to learn more about the scam, please consult the Federal
Trade Commission at: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/can-you-spot-
government-imposter.
If you wish to report the call, please file a complaint through the Federal
Trade Commission at http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
and submit the required information. If you are a victim of this scam and
have paid money, please call your local police department and file a police
report and also report it to your local campus security department and/or
the UH Information Technology Services phishing team at: phishing@hawaii.edu.
This scam is also being reported at many other higher education
institutions.
For additional tips to help recognize a scam and to better protect yourself,
please visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/1626
Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:46 pm
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Updated: 10:02 pm, Thu Nov 13, 2014.
kaleo.org
Members of the University of Hawai‘i community have been targets of phishing scammers over the last several days, according to a UH email.
Scammers claimed to be with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), local Police Departments, Sheriff’s offices or other legal or law enforcement agencies.
Scammers told callers that money is owed and threaten them with legal action. Caller ID windows displayed numbers of legitimate law enforcement agencies, local and federal agencies, a process called spoofing. Examples of spoofing showed the Hilo Police Department or the IRS on caller ID displays.
Signatures of attack
- The victim receives a telephone call with a spoofed caller ID to makeit appear to be from either the IRS (they often spoof the “1040 hotline”), a law enforcement agency geographically close to the potential victim’s location, or 911, the emergency contact number used in the United States.
- The victim will be told that the/she has committed a crime, which may
include running a red light and being caught by a traffic camera, failing to appear for Jury Duty, failing to pay your taxes or failing to pay them on time, or, if an international person, having a problem with immigration paperwork. - The victim will be instructed to send a payment immediately, with
amounts ranging from $500 to $2,500, and threatened with immediate arrest if they fail to comply. This is a known scam and alerts have been issued by the FBI to the public.
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