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SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO’S SEPTEMBER 2024 FRAUD ALERT: QR CODE SCAMS

QR codes, “Quick Response Codes,” are all around us.  These square, black and white boxes allow businesses to quickly direct you to their web site, can track product information in a supply chain, link us to applications as well as store financial information.  The uses for these codes are nearly limitless as they store a…
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SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO’S SEPTEMBER 2024 SAFETY & SECURITY TIP: IMPROVING HOME SECURITY

Home burglary results in losses exceeding $3 billion, in the United States, each year. Based upon reports, a home burglary occurs every 15 seconds in the United States and that someone is at home 27.6% of the time. Despite images of burglars creeping through backyards in the middle of the night, statistics show that the…
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SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO’S AUGUST 2024 FRAUD ALERT: FRAUDULENT JOB OFFERINGS

Following the pandemic, an enormous segment of the workforce was offered an opportunity to work from home…many never wishing to return to the office environment. “Work from home” opportunities began to appear nearly everywhere…online, via text and in print. Many of these job offerings were legitimate opportunities to generate income from home. Many were opportunities…
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SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO’S AUGUST 2024 SAFETY & SECURITY TIP: SHOPPING CENTER/MALL SAFETY TIPS

Malls and shopping centers are excellent places to make purchases of all kinds and, as a result, these locations tend to be well populated and teeming with activity. Shoppers migrate from store to store, occasionally stopping to eat or for a cup of coffee, and all too often pay little attention to the people around…
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SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO’S JULY 2024 FRAUD ALERT: PREVENTING OTHERS FROM APPLYING FOR CREDIT CARDS IN YOUR NAME

Protecting one’s personal identity and avoiding falling victim to credit card fraud has become challenging for the average individual. While credit card fraud often involves the theft of an individual’s personal information and creation of duplicate credit cards, a trend appears to have become popular where criminals steal credit card applications from a victim’s mailbox,…
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