Jacksonville police will post a scam warning every Saturday. Officers say scam calls come in daily, and fast reporting helps detectives catch the scammer.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Florida has started a weekly scam warning. Every Saturday, it will post on social media under the name Scam Free Saturdays. The goal is to help people spot a scam before they lose money or personal information.
Some weeks, a post will feature a real scam case that the office is working on. Other weeks, it will highlight a type of scam that people should know about. The office says officers get calls about scams every single day. These include scam phone calls and texts, fake emails and fake social media posts. All are meant to trick people out of money. The office says scams keep changing and are getting harder to spot.
The office puts it this way: the sooner you call, the faster its Economic Crimes detectives can track down your scammer.
The announcement does not say which social media sites will carry the posts. It also does not give the date of the first post. Details on how detectives track scammers were not shared.
If you are scammed, call police right away and skip the embarrassment, because speed helps detectives track the scammer.
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