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From YouTube: Bloomington Police Share Tips to Prevent Scams
Description
Sergeant Marty Earley shared some tips to help people prevent scams.
A
B
It
is
another
common
one
that
we're
seeing
right
now
is
they're,
calling
the
people
and
telling
them
that
one
of
their
loved
ones
is
in
jail
and
they'll,
say
you
know,
and
they'll
have
the
name
of
their
grandchildren
or
their
cousin
or
whatever
and
they'll
say
you
know.
I
need
the
money
right
away
or
they're
going
to
put
me
in
jail
and
they'll,
say
here's
my
lawyer
and
they'll
give
the
phone
to
somebody
else
and
they'll
say
I'm
their
lawyer.
B
B
Chances
are
well
they're,
never
in
jail,
because
it's
a
scam,
if
you
would
just
call
your
loved
one
and
say
hey.
What's
going
on
they'll
tell
you
they're
at
home,
watching
tv
they're
watching
this
program
or
something
learning
about
scams,
because
that's
all
it
is,
and
if
somebody
calls
you
and
says
you
need
to
send
money
immediately
or
you're
going
to
get
arrested
or
you're.
The
irs
is
coming
to
get
you
or
someone's
going
going
to
be
in
jail.
That's
bogus!
B
It
doesn't
happen
that
way.
We
don't
call
people
and
tell
them
we're
coming
to
arrest
them
if
they
don't
pay.
This
money
immediately,
we
don't
collect
money
from
people,
it's
all
bogus,
so
we're
trying
to
get
the
word
out
to
people
right
now
is,
if
somebody
calls
you
and
they
want
you
to
do
anything
that
gives
up
any
of
your
information.
B
One
of
the
other
examples
is
banks,
they'll
call
and
they'll,
say
they're
from
your
bank
and
they'll
know
your
bank
name
and
they'll
say
we
need
you
to
go
on
your
computer.
Let
us
get
in
there
and
we'll
verify
some
things
and
correct
it
for
you
and
people
are
letting
them
in
and
once
they're
into
your
computer
they're
into
your
bank
and
they'll
clean
your
accounts
out
faster
than
you
know
what
to
do
so.
B
A
B
Me
through
the
big
triggers
the
biggest
trigger
is
they
want
money?
None
of
these
agencies,
the
irs
or
somebody
going
to
jail,
needs
money
immediately
and
they
don't
need
it
wired
tool.
If
somebody
was
going
to
jail
in
in
our
system,
you
have
to
come
down
in
person
and
give
that
money
to
the
police
department
to
get
them
out
of
jail.
You
can't
wire
it
to
us.
We
don't.
We
don't
accept
wire
transfers.
Neither
does
anybody
else
if
it
goes
out
of
the
country,
it's
a
dead
ringer.
B
They
don't
belong
there
if
they
say
they're
with
your
bank
and
they're,
asking
you
for
your
private
information
they're,
not
with
your
bank.
If
somebody
ever
calls
you
and
says,
I'm
with
your
bank
say:
okay
I'll
call,
you
right
back,
hang
up
the
phone
and
call
it
your
bank.
You
will
find
out,
it's
not
them
the
easiest
thing
to
do,
but
it's
the
hardest
thing
for
most
people
in
this
world
to
do
is
hang
up
the
phone
because
we're
trained
never
to
be
rude
to
people.
B
You
should
notify
your
local
police
department,
but
I'm
going
to
be
very
honest
with
you:
there's
not
a
lot.
We
can
always
do
for
you,
especially
if
you
send
the
money
out
of
country.
We
don't
have
the
resources
or
the
ability
to
go
tracing
people
in
the
foreign
country.
At
that
point,
you
need
to
go
online
and
look
up.
The
federal
government
has
some
websites
that
deal
with
fraud
and
you
can
report
it
to
them,
but
real
honestly,
most
of
these
go
unsolved.
A
B
The
problem
is
once
a
lot
of
them,
realize
they
become
a
victim
of
a
scam.
They're
too
embarrassed
to
tell
people-
and
I
understand
that
you
know
it's
it's
hard
to
say
I
was
duped.
You
know
I
thought
I
was
doing
the
right
thing.
You
know
we
just
had
a
lady
here
a
couple
weeks
ago
in
bloomington
that
got
the
you've
won.
The
sweepstakes
you've
won
a
million
dollars.
B
B
B
The
nice
thing
is
a
lot
of
the
banks
today
are
catching
on
to
this,
and
they
will
stop
especially
elderly
people
coming
in
that
are
taking
large
sums
of
money,
which
is
unusual
for
them.
They'll
try
to
stop
them
and
say
don't
do
this,
but
if
the
person
insists
there's
not
a
lot,
they
can
do
about
it.
Definitely.