PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT
CITY OF LAKE WORTH
7 NORTH DIXIE HIGHWAY
LAKE WORTH, FL 33460
LAKEWORTH.ORG
March 19, 2018
Contact: Ben Kerr, Public Information Officer
Phone: 561.586.1631
Email: bkerr@lakeworth.org
Lake Worth, FL – Phone Scam targeting Lake Worth Utility Customers
On March 19, 2018 it came to the attention of the City of Lake Worth that phone scammers posing as City of Lake Worth employees are targeting customers across our service territory. These scammers may use false phone numbers that could appear on a caller ID to be City of Lake Worth. They then threaten to shut the power off unless a payment is made immediately with a Green Dot MoneyPak card or personal credit card. These calls are not from the City of Lake Worth. Lake Worth Utilities will never call and demand credit card information or take Green Dot MoneyPak cards as payment with the threat of disconnection. The City does not ask for any personal information from customers unless the customer initiates the contact.
If customers ever receive a strange call and are in doubt, they are encouraged to hang up and call Lake Worth Utilities at 561-533-7300. Authorities have been notified of this scam. Those who may have been a victim, should contact us at 561-533-7300 or make a Suspicious Incident Report with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office at 561-688-3400. Once a customer is given a case number, they should contact Lake Worth Utilities who will forward the information to the Detective in charge.
Please contact Ben Kerr, the City of Lake Worth Communications Specialist with any questions or comments
It is probably because they know there are a lot of uneducated people, illegal immigrants, and renters in Lake Worth and not many smart people so they know most may fall for scams like this and they then can likely take advantage of or con them so that is why they do it in 33460. If you look at the demographic information on 33460 the education level is one of the lowest in the state and country. That is why they are targeted likely.
ReplyDeleteor...because of terrible (past-present-future?) behavior of the whole dept it is VERY BELIEVABLE!
ReplyDeleteGullible to think the city employees would actually pick up a phone when its nearly impossible to call and get anyone on the phone in any department.
ReplyDeleteYou should know it's a scam if they try to make it look like a city of Lake Worth employee is calling you. City employees would never waste their time calling one of the citizens.
ReplyDeleteThis explains Pam and Scott getting re elected.
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