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From YouTube: ID Theft What's Happening Around Town Jan. 2018
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City of San Bruno's What's Happening Around Town
ID Theft Segment by Detective Shawn Greathouse of the San Bruno Police Dept.
January 2018
A
Good
morning,
I'm
Sean
great
house
and
I'm
a
detective
with
the
San
Bruno
Police
Department,
like
many
cities,
identity
theft
in
San,
Bruno
is,
is
here,
it's
prevalent
most
everyone
I
think
adult
in
their
lifetime
will
probably
have
some
type
of
event.
That
would
reach
the
level
of
being
an
identity,
theft
and
I.
Think
the
biggest
one
that
we're
seeing
currently
is
the
automated
IRS
phone
call
that
people
are
receiving,
and
it
usually
goes
something
like
this
in
a
computer
voice.
A
I
am
agent
so-and-so
with
the
United
States
Internal,
Revenue,
Service
and
I
am
calling
to
inform
you
that
you
owe
X
amount
of
dollars
and
that
you
need
to
call
back
at
this
phone
number
immediately
to
remedy
the
situation
or
to
resolve
the
matter.
If
we
don't
hear
back
from
you,
there'll
be
a
warrant
or
some
type
of
threat
of
arrest
and
a
number
is
provided,
and
they
ask
that
you
call
back
immediately
I
think
for
a
lot
of
people
to
hear
that,
and
as
soon
as
they
hear
the
word
IRS,
they
think
wait.
A
What
did
I
do
wrong
what
happened
and
before
they
really
give
it
much
thought.
They're
on
the
phone
calling
that
phone
number
back,
which
of
course
is
not
the
IRS,
because
that's
not
how
they
do
business
and
they're
speaking
to
someone
who's
likely
not
in
the
United
States,
and
that
person
directs
them
to
do
one
of
several
ways
of
payment.
The
one
that
we
see
the
most
is
the
green
dot
card.
A
Now
Green
Dot
is
just
the
company
that
sells
the
prepaid
card
and
it
can
be
a
prepaid,
mastercard
or
a
prepaid,
Visa
and
they'll
direct
that
person
to
go
to
their
local
CVS
or
Walgreens
or
Walmart,
or
any
number
of
stores
that
carry
that
card
and
they'll
direct
them
to
put
three
four
five
six
hundred
dollars
on
that
card
and
then
they'll
ask
them
to
mail
it
to
an
address.
Please.
A
If
that
happens
to
you
don't
respond,
please
let
us
know
use
us
as
a
resource.
Generally
speaking.
In
fact,
I
can
I
can
say
concretely
here
almost
always,
that's
not
how
the
IRS
is
going
to
communicate
with
you
you'll
either
get
something
in
the
mail
to
your
address,
or
there
might
be
someone
that's
gonna
pull
up.
Who
will
have?
You
know
complete
government
identification.
A
If
they
provide
you
with
the
phone
number
I
would
encourage
you
not
to
use
that
phone
number.
If
you
believe
that
it's
a
true
PG&E
phone
call
then
use
lookup,
P
Jeannie's
phone
number,
either
in
your
phone
book
or
on
the
internet,
and
call
back
and
inquire
with
PG&E
directly.
If
it's
from
your
credit
card
company
use
the
number
that's
on
the
back
of
your
card,
call
them
back
directly
and
deal
with
them.
A
If
it's
from
the
IRS
call
your
local
field
office,
remember
that
you
can
always
call
the
police
department,
we
are
an
excellent
resource.
We
have
kind
of
a
finger
on
the
pulse
of
what's
going
on
and
what
type
of
scams
are
prevalent
and
present
today
and
will
certainly
be
a
resource
to
you
to
help
you
decipher
whether
or
not
the
information
that
you've
received
is
accurate
or
someone.
That's
just
fishing
for
your
information
or,
more
importantly,
your
money.