Fraudulent scammers alert in Delmar

TOWN OF DELMAR – Delmar Police are alerting community members to protect themselves from scammers.

This comes after they received reports from some seniors who fell victim to people trying to gain access to their personal information.

Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barksley says to read all of the information in an email or text message before clicking on any links.

He also says to be cognizant of any calls coming from a number you do not know.
you should also never give out any personal information to strangers.

“Anything that we can do, especially for our elderly people.”

“A lot of times these people are losing their life savings to these scams, and that is just crazy, so anything that we can do to try to redirect them and prevent them from doing that, we will.”

Chief Barkley says multi-step verification through text messages or email can be a precautionary measure.

If you do come in contact with a scammer online, be sure to report them at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/.