Law enforcement in Hampden County, MA, has issued warnings about scammers using text messages to trick iPhone users into revealing personal information. The messages indicate that an investigation is ongoing and will include a fake case number and urgencies to call back to avoid legal issues. Officials highlight that these messages often contain malware links and that legitimate law enforcement would never initiate contact this way, encouraging recipients to delete such messages and report them.
If you receive a message like this, do not engage - delete it and report it.
These scammers want to scare people into acting before thinking.
Law enforcement will never call, text, or email to demand money, resolve a warrant, or conduct official business.
Scammers frequently target victims through alarming text messages, emails or phone calls that cause the receiver to panic.
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