“Always report to the police so that we can look into and investigate and, hopefully, bring the responsible to justice that are the ones that are committing these frauds,” Grewe said. While anyone can become a victim of these scam calls, Grewe said a high percentage of the victims are seniors. Since the aging population has been affected by some of these scams, the Birmingham Police Department has passed out fliers at local senior living facilities and has been speaking in depth to residents about this topic. Grewe said the goal of these efforts is to reduce the number of victims by getting the word out to as many people as they can about what these scams tend to look like and how they need to be handled. Information on the Birmingham Police Department can be found at bhamgov.org/police. On that page, under the tab “Police Alerts, Maps, & Statistics,” a crime map can be found that is regularly updated with recent crimes, including cases of fraud.

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