Scams

Scam artist doesn't represent drug firm (03/31/11)
A caller attempted to convince a Shelbyville woman that he could sell her pharmacy supplies and prescriptions from Walgreens at reduced cost Monday, police said. The caller asked for her Social Security number, which she told police she gave him because he sounded sincere...

IRS officials warn public of ongoing e-mail scam (02/18/11)
If you got an e-mail recently from the Internal Revenue Service about your taxes -- you didn't. "The IRS will never e-mail you about your taxes -- not ever," said Dan Boone, who handles IRS media relations for Tennessee and Alabama. "If you get an e-mail that looks like comes from the IRS and it looks like it has something to do with your personal taxes or business taxes, it's a scam."...

'Spoofing' misused in scam (02/03/11)
Shelbyville police are warning the public about a new round of phone scams targeting local residents. Detectives Brian Crews and Charles Merlo told the T-G that an older man received a call on his cell phone late last week from a man who said there was a problem with his bank account, and that he needed to supply his Social Security number and date of birth...

Ad firm falsely claims Chamber affiliation (06/10/10)
The Better Business Bureau has alerted Middle Tennessee businesses to the sales practices of Premier Impressions, also known as Universal Adcom of Arlington, Texas. Callers to the Better Business Bureau report that the company is currently selling advertising to create business awareness along with promoting the Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce...

Phone scam requests debit card numbers (03/24/10)
Shelbyville police are warning residents not to fall prey to an automated phone scam that many locals began getting on Monday. Detective Brian Crews said that people with cell numbers beginning in 703 have been receiving automated calls that claim that the person's debit card has "been compromised."...

Scam artists may take advantage of census, area law enforcement warn (03/21/10)
By now, everyone should have received their envelopes this week from the U.S. Census. But with the federal head count now underway, citizens need to be on the lookout for scam artists looking to take advantage of the situation. Shelbyville police detective Brian Crews said that while they have not had any reports of census related scams, rip-off artists are already busy using other methods of lifting hard earned cash out of their victim's bank accounts...

Too good to be true? It probably isn't (02/03/10)
This is my annual "Don't believe every e-mail you get" column. Funny, how it always happens around tax time ... The one that set this one off, for once, was not a phishing scam for your social security number or a myth about deducting your tattoo bill from your income tax...

Identity thieves try to harvest Social Security numbers (10/06/09)
When a man claiming to be a representative of Medicare asked Richard Barnes, 81, about his health, the Shelbyville resident didn't think much about it. He answered the questions, but began to grow suspicious. When the caller asked for his Medicare ID number, Richard's wife, Edna, called Medicare on her cell phone...

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