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Monday, March 25, 2019

Maryland State Police warn of phone scams using cloned numbers

(Click on the image for Reem Nadeem's WTOP report)
  • The caller ID showed “Maryland State Government.”
  • The scams use scare tactics and usually call from local numbers.
  • Senior citizens are especially vulnerable to these scams and police ask the public to make sure elderly family members are aware of the scams.
  • Anyone who receives one of these phone calls should hang up and contact their local state police barrack.
  • A Tantallon neighbor received a call from "1-410-537-1150", the Maryland State Police (MSP) Barrack in Perryville, MD.
  • Report calls that pretend to be from MSP to our local Barrack in Forestville, 301-568-8101.
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