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Citizens Beware: Fraud Alert From the Vance Co. Sheriff’s Office

Vance County Sheriff's Office

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Fraud Alert from the Vance County Sheriff’s Office:

Please be aware that there is a telephone scam going on right now. A robotic voice claiming to be Agent Gayle Stone of the Social Security Administration states that your social security number has been frozen due to fraud. The voice gives a number to call back on. That number changes every day and is a cloned VOIP number that cannot be traced.

DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER BACK.

The person who answers the phone will ask for your social security number and other information to “verify” your identity. Once they have that, they will likely tell you to send them money (typically gift cards or Green Dot Cards) to clear up the matter. Then, after they have cashed in that money, they steal your identity and open credit accounts in your name.

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