Scams continue to target persons required to register. Last week a member advised that her husband was the victim of a scam here in Florida. Across the country, yesterday the Santa Rosa Police department posted a warning on Twitter that a similar scam is taking place there.
The general theme is someone pretending to be a law enforcement officer and spoofing a police telephone number calls, says there is a problem with your registration and in order to avoid arrest you need to disclose personal information (which will then be used to commit identity theft), purchase stored value cards (ie: gift cards that the scammer will use to purchase goods with) or meet at a specific location (where the victim will be robbed or assaulted).
If you receive a telephone call from someone saying they are with the police department and it’s concerning your registration it is likely a scam! If you feel more comfortable being sure, get their name, hang up immediately and call your actual registration office (Florida Registrants: you can find the number here: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/Documents/REREGISTRATIONLOCATIONS.pdf) and confirm.
DO NOT give any personal information. If they tell you that you need to stay on the phone or you will be arrested, HANG UP! If they have a warrant for you, they won’t call first to give you a heads-up. DO NOT give your credit card information or run to the store to buy gift cards. As often as we’ve posted warnings on our site, we invariably still get emails from people who were scammed for thousands of dollars.
Being on the registry, you need to constantly look over your shoulder and worry about becoming the victim of a vigilante assault, but don’t forget how vulnerable you are to becoming the victim of other crimes. Remember that all of your personal information is out there for the public to see. Where you live, what car you drive, what you look like, etc. It is all information freely available on the web to be used by scammers who realize you are an easy target and police will likely do nothing if you’ve been victimized. It’s up to you to protect yourself!
Stay aware and DO NOT allow yourself to become a victim!
as soon as people stop falling for these scams they will stop. There are now phones and apps that can stop these calls. It allows only those who have a code to dial it to access your phone, allowing you to hear the ring. This technology should be used and I suggest people start as soon as possible. Not exactly sure how it works but is worth looking into to see if probation and sheriff’s dept. can accept this considering the alternative.
How are they getting registered people’s phone #’s? All I use is a cell phone and it is not a listed number.
As long as there is a registry these things are never going to stop. Just got to keep vigil and be aware that these scams are out there.
It’s probably the same scammers who work in the system who are scamming the government, by pretending to be catching child predators on adult sites. “The best predictor of future behavior is relevant past behavior.” They get away with scamming the government. The more they get away with it, the more they want to keep doing it, and they move on to other scams as well. Why wouldn’t they? These are self serving people who lack in ethics and morals, and they are being rewarded for their self centered, malicious efforts.
Thank You !
Since they know about scam and know the registrants are being target then stop the registery
Please do not think for one second the powers that be are concerned with our well being.. They could care less if a new scam hit is every week..
You are correct that they do not care. They are not thinking in humane or even rational terms because they are psychotic about sex.
What we should be thinking about is not this or that scam derived from the registry but about ending all such terror campaigns, just like the anti-gay terror that preceded the SO registry.
The way that is done is by eliminating the people who impose these terror campaigns, and the fake “democracies” that provide their cover.
These people are trying to enforce genocide, but get the deluded public to do the dirty work, while they keep their hands clean. We must not be fooled.
Since they are defining and giving permission for the genocide, the just way to stop them is by returning the favor.
And it is the only effective way to do it.