Scam victim paid suspects for 'new' Social Security number: sheriff ...Middle East

(KRON) -- Authorities in the East Bay are warning of a recent scam after they said a victim paid suspects for a “new" Social Security number.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday the scam was initiated when a caller pretending to work for Amazon told the victim they had a fraudulent charge. The victim was forwarded to a fake Social Security administrator and told to pay for a new Social Security number because they were hacked, the sheriff’s office said.

The victim proceeded to go to a bank to withdraw money, and then handed the funds over to unknown people, according to authorities. Later, the suspects impersonated police officers in an attempt to further scam the victim out of their money.

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The sheriff’s office provided several tips to the community in order to avoid being scammed, including:

Do not answer phone calls from unknown callers Understand that caller IDs can be faked Do not provide any financial or personal information over the phone Do not provide large amounts of cash to a stranger Follow your gut feeling: if it doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t

Authorities did not say how much money was lost in the scam.

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