January 22 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
TIVOLI FREE LIBRARY
86 BROADWAY, TIVOLI, NY United States

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Join us and Dutchess County Sheriff's Office's, Deputy Sheriff Rahilly for this informative presentation about common and current telephone scams. He will show you how to avoid falling victim to these telephone scammers. Every year, thousands of people lose money to telephone scams, from a few dollars to their life savings - don't be one of them! A Q&A session will follow.

Contact the library to sign-up. Space is limited. Happens in the East Room.

What are phone scams? Phone scams are ways in which criminals will attempt to get money from people by calling them and making up elaborate stories. In most of these cases the perpetrators have tried, sometimes successfully, to use the victim’s emotions about a loved one in trouble to get money. It’s common for the perpetrators of these scams to try to get money by telling people that one of their relatives has been seriously hurt or is in jail, and that they need money right away. In many cases they will pose as a law enforcement official or another relative to try and convince the victim that it’s legitimate.