Crime Prevention Help - E-mail Scams

There was some recent activity in regards to e-mail fraud that was brought to the attention of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department in Colorado. The e-mail messages that were being distributed are very common, and you may have seen some like this yourself.

The e-mails claimed to be from a foreign bank, in this case the Philippines, and they stated that the recipient is entitled to a rather large amount of money with no strings attached. Following this, the e-mail message asks the reader to provide personal information including name, address, and eventually bank account information.

I would hope that most people would be cautious enough to not provide information like this to an unfamiliar party, but it appears that some have fallen for the scam.

Thankfully, there are plenty of measures that one can take to prevent themselves from becoming a victim. First of all, do not ever provide personal information to someone unless you know exactly who they are. Even if you receive an e-mail from your own banker who requests this information, be sure to contact the bank by phone to determine whether or not the e-mail message is legitimate.

Also avoid clicking any links in email messages from unfamiliar sources. If the e-mail claims to be from your own bank, then manually type in the website address for your bank into your browser. I have personally received fraudulent e-mail's from what appeared to be my personal bank, and I made sure that I did not click anything inside of that message.

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