10/06/2026
๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ
Lawrence Park Police Department is warning residents about telephone scams involving individuals impersonating police officers, sheriffโs deputies, court officials, or other law enforcement personnel.
Scammers may call and claim that a warrant has been issued for your arrest, that you failed to appear for jury duty or court, or that you must make an immediate payment to avoid being arrested.
These callers may sound convincing. They may use the names of real officers, provide fake badge or case numbers, or manipulate caller ID so that the call appears to come from a legitimate law enforcement agency. Similar tactics have been identified in public warnings from the PA State Police, FBI, and the Federal Trade Commission.
๐ท๐ณ๐ฌ๐จ๐บ๐ฌ ๐น๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฌ๐น:
๐ต๐ถ ๐ท๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ท๐จ๐น๐ป๐ด๐ฌ๐ต๐ป ๐ถ๐น ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฐ๐ด๐จ๐ป๐ฌ ๐ณ๐จ๐พ ๐ฌ๐ต๐ญ๐ถ๐น๐ช๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ต๐ป ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ ๐พ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ผ ๐จ๐ต๐ซ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ด๐จ๐ต๐ซ ๐ด๐ถ๐ต๐ฌ๐ ๐ป๐ถ ๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐จ๐น ๐จ ๐พ๐จ๐น๐น๐จ๐ต๐ป ๐ถ๐น ๐จ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ซ ๐จ๐น๐น๐ฌ๐บ๐ป.
Law enforcement will ๐๐๐ call and demand payment using:
๐ณ Credit or debit cards
๐ Gift cards
โฟ Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency
๐ต Cash
๐ฑ Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, or other payment apps
๐ธ Wire transfers or money transfers
๐ง Cryptocurrency or Bitcoin ATMs
๐บ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐.
๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐:
1. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.
2. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต-๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
3. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐. ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ-๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ.
4. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ.
5. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ-๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด.
6. ๐๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
Please share this warning with family members, friends, neighbors, and especially anyone who may be particularly vulnerable to telephone scams.