Scams
‘KCP&L’ telephone scam resurfaces
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A telephone scam directed at KCP&L customers, and which targeted at least one Maryville business last July, has resurfaced, the Kansas City-based power provider reported this week. According to a KCP&L release, the utility is seeing a recurrence of telephone scam attempts involving bogus utility bill collection calls and requests for…
Read MoreSheriff’s Office investigates scam activity
Deputy Zach Long, a detective with the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office, issued a release Thursday reporting a series of Internet, mail, and telephone scams perpetrated against local citizens since the first of the year. The fraudulent activities have taken a number of forms, Long said, including a dating site incident that reportedly cost the victim…
Read MoreAuthorities report rash of phone, computer scams
In a world driven by technology that constantly becomes more embedded in daily life, an increasing number of criminals are using telecommunications and computing devices to rip people off. This is hardly news. Smartphones, laptops, tablets, even good old-fashioned landlines are all portals that thieves — bad actors who may be located entire continents away…
Read MoreRestaurant reports ‘KCP&L’ scam attempt
Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White said Tuesday that telephone scammers posing as billing representatives for Kansas City Power & Light Co. apparently tried to defraud a local restaurant. White said the manager of the Pizza Ranch restaurant in Maryville received a fraudulent call last week during which a live caller claimed the restaurant had not…
Read MoreNew scam comes to Nodaway County involving hijacked local numbers
Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White recently announced that there is a new style of scam going through the area. According to White, what makes this scam so dangerous is that the phone calls look to be from local numbers when they appear on caller ID. “We had a call from a lady who received a…
Read More’Tis still the season for telephone scams
Telephones are great for staying in touch, but they can also become a source of annoyance when scammers call or text you at all hours of the day and night.
Read MorePhone scams on rise, police warn
The Maryville Department of Public Safety issued a “scam alert” via its Facebook page Wednesday morning, warning local citizens of several reported instances of telephone fraud in recent days.
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