Crime & Safety
Email Scam Sent To North Haven Police Chief
The scammers tried to fool the wrong person on Wednesday.

NORTH HAVEN, CT — Email scammers tried to fool the wrong person on Wednesday. After warning others about email scams, North Haven Police Chief Thomas McLoughlin quickly realized that someone was trying to scam him. North Haven Police are sharing the email as a warning to residents.
"The sender’s email address is from a real estate company, the account number does not include the last four digits, banks will not send hyperlinks to enter personal information, and a quick google search found the 1-800 number to have been flagged as a bank scam," police said in a post on Facebook.
Read more from North Haven Police below:
Earlier today, the Chief of Police received an email from someone trying to scam him. Since he has been warning everyone about these scams, he quickly identified the email as fraudulent. Can you pick out the red flags indicating a scam? pic.twitter.com/N4YbQhBqDt
— North Haven Police (@NorthHavenPD) January 16, 2019
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