NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. — A local police department is warning residents about calls from scammers impersonating officers.
Northborough Police on Friday received “a number” of reports from residents that they “are receiving phone calls from someone pretending to be from the Northborough Police Department,” the department said in a statement on social media.
“This person is identifying themselves as “Sergeant/Officer Franklin” from our department, demanding payment for missed court dates, unpaid citations, subpoenas, etc.,” police said. “THIS CALL IS A SCAM. Our department will never call you requesting payment.”
“This person/persons is spoofing our phone number, so the call appears on your caller ID as 508-393-1515,” police said.
“Again, this is an attempt to scam payments from you – just hang up and do not provide any information,” police warned.
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