Nutley Plagued By Telephone Scammers: Police

Nutley, NJ - The Nutley Police Department issued the following advisory on Wednesday:

“During the week of January 25, 2016 the Nutley Police Department has had a higher volume of attempted phone scams reported. The scams reported are foreign accent males stating they were from the IRS and threatening to arrest or penalize if money was not immediately sent. Fortunately, most people reporting these fictional attempted phone scams have not given their personal information or sent money.”

Police requested that the public not turn over any of their personal information and to terminate the phone call immediately if they think the call may be fraudulent.

The IRS does not conduct business by collecting money over the phone, Nutley police added.

“Please share and warn elderly friends and family who are most often targeted by these telephone impersonators,” police stated.

The message - spread on the NPD’s Facebook page - prompted a series of replies from residents who said they may have had contact with the alleged scammers.

• “I just got that call! Did not answer,” wrote one resident.
• “I got that call today,” another person stated. “Went to voice-mail and deleted immediately. Don’t answer unknown numbers.”
• “I’m in Bloomfield and in one day I got three voicemail messages,” another resident wrote.
• “I just received that call,” one woman said. “The guy sounds like a serial killer! Creepy!”

Nutley has seen several alleged phone-related scams recently, according to police:

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