Victim Doesn’t Fall For The Grandmother Scam in Telephone Fraud on South...
Arlington Heights police received a report about Friday of a telephone scam directed at an elderly resident in the 400 block of South Prindle Avenue. Police received a report that a male subject called...
View ArticleScam Attempt Involves Knowledge of Insurance Check Due To Resident on North...
Arlington Heights police received a report on Tuesday of a scam by telephone at a residence in the block of 1000 North Wilshire Lane Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that the potential...
View ArticleArlington Heights Police Telephone Fraud/Scam Alert: Man Poses As ComEd Agent...
The potential victim received a call from a subject claiming he was from ComEd. He told the complainant his services would be disconnected because he failed to make the necessary payments. Those...
View ArticleCredit Card Number Phishing: Victim Gives Up CC Number As Caller Portray
Arlington Heights received a report of a telephone “phishing for credit number” scam recently. A resident received a phone call from a source that was indicated on his name/number caller-ID as “ISON1”....
View ArticleGrandparent Scam Succeeds: Scammers Get $2600 Claiming Grandson Has DUI Troubles
Unknown subjects called the victim, who lives in the 1200 block of Luther Lane, over several days and talked her into wiring over $2,600 via Western Union. The offender(s) convinced the victim her...
View ArticleGreen Dot Phone Fraud: Business Owner Scammed by Man Posing As ComEd Billing...
Arlington Heights police responded about 12:31 PM Sunday to a report of telephone fraud to a business owner on the southside of Arlington Heights . Police received a report that a victim received a...
View ArticleTelephone Fraud Similar to Grandparent Scam Reported to Police, Arlington...
Arlington Heights police received a report about 7:19 AM Tuesday of a telephone scam of a resident in the block of 1100 West Grove Street Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown...
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