{"id":1825,"date":"2025-02-06T19:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riveredgepolice.org\/?page_id=1825"},"modified":"2025-02-08T01:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T01:23:18","slug":"scam-call-from-a-government-agency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riveredgepolice.org\/index.php\/scam-call-from-a-government-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam &#8211; Call From a Government Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1825\" class=\"elementor elementor-1825\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83dd6d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83dd6d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b2889b\" data-id=\"2b2889b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cf834b\" data-id=\"0cf834b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe87cd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fe87cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/riveredgepolice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Call-from-a-Government-Agency-1024x442.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1826\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riveredgepolice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Call-from-a-Government-Agency-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/riveredgepolice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Call-from-a-Government-Agency-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/riveredgepolice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Call-from-a-Government-Agency-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/riveredgepolice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Call-from-a-Government-Agency.png 1324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-061bd3f\" data-id=\"061bd3f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b1213a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b1213a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cd1a14\" data-id=\"3cd1a14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb740fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb740fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Did you get a call from a Government Agency (Sheriff, FBI, Police)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Government agencies will <strong>never call<\/strong>, email, text, or message you on social media to ask for money or personal information. Only a scammer will do that.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Don\u2019t\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/you-wire-money\"><strong>wire money<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0or use<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/gift-card-scams\"><strong>gift cards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/what-know-about-cryptocurrency-and-scams\"><strong>cryptocurrency<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong>, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">or a<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/mobile-payment-apps-how-avoid-scam-when-you-use-one\"><strong>payment app<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">to pay someone who says they\u2019re with the government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Scammers\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/how-avoid-scam\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">insist you<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can only pay these ways<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">because it\u2019s hard to track that money, and just as hard to get it back. They\u2019ll take your money and disappear.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Don\u2019t give your financial or personal information<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>to someone who calls, texts, emails, or messages you on social media and says they\u2019re with the government<\/strong>. If you think a call or message could be real, stop. Hang up the phone and call the government agency directly at a number you know is correct. If the call is a<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/robocalls\">robocall<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #333333;\">don\u2019t press any numbers. Pressing numbers could lead to more calls.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\"><strong>Don\u2019t trust your caller ID.<\/strong>\u00a0Your caller ID might show the government agency\u2019s real phone number or name \u2014 like \u201cSocial Security Administration.\u201d But caller ID can be faked. It could be anyone calling from anywhere in the world.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\"><strong>Don\u2019t click on links in unexpected emails, texts, or social media messages.<\/strong>\u00a0Scammers send emails and messages that look like they\u2019re from a government agency but are designed to steal your money and personal information. Don\u2019t click on any link, and don\u2019t pass it on to others. Just delete the message.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">If you get a call or email like this, hang up or don\u2019t respond. Don\u2019t pay or give them any personal information. If you think a call or email could be real, call the court directly at a number you know is correct or the River Edge Police Department to confirm.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you get a call from a Government Agency (Sheriff, FBI, Police) Government agencies will never call, email, text, or message you on social media to ask for money or personal information. Only a scammer will do that. 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