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Unemployment Fraud

The Attleboro Police Department has received numerous reports of unemployment fraud recently. This particular scam involving unemployment benefits is happening nationwide. If you have been a victim of this scam, please visit the below listed website hosted by the Massachusetts Departm
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Attleboro Police Bicycle Auction Aug. 22nd 10am

APD Auction – Saturday 8/22 (2020) at 10:00am. We will be asking that anyone joining us for this outdoor event adhere to social distance protocols, to include face covering if appropriate space cannot be maintained. General Information: 1. Payments are in Cash Only, no exception
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Federal Trade Commissions Website for Reporting Computer/Telephone Scams

This is a website setup by the Federal Trade Commission to report Identity Theft, Do Not Call Violations, International Scams, Credit/Debit Card Scams, Imposter Scams, Computer Scams, etc. https://ftccomplaintassistant.gov/Information#crnt&panel1-1
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IRS Warns Against COVID-19 Fraud

IR-2020-115, June 8, 2020 WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers to guard against tax fraud and other related financial scams related to COVID-19. In the last few months, the IRS Criminal Investigation division (CI) has seen a variety of Economic Impact P
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Protect yourself financially from the impact of the coronavirus

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has created the following helpful article: Federal, state, and local governments are working to respond to the growing public health threat of coronavirus, or COVID-19 . As communities across the country are dealing with an increase in the nu
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Ready.gov – Disaster Preparedness

Ready.gov has put together disaster preparedness guides on the below listed website. The site maybe beneficial for this up coming winter as it covers the topic of “Winter Weather”. Click the following link to read more: https://www.ready.gov/
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Timothy BROWN – HAS BEEN CAPTURED

Timothy BROWN has a Bristol Superior Court warrant that was issued on 10/01 on multiple charges including B&E Building Nighttime, Receiving Stolen Property and Breaking into a Depository. He also has warrants for open investigations in Plainville and Taunton for Larceny from Perso
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Introducing Attleboro Alerts

The City of Attleboro Police Department uses Smart911 Safety Profiles, a voluntary service that individuals and families may opt into to provide first responders information about individuals with special needs. Learn more and sign up for Smart911 Safety Profiles if you or s
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Great Article About Mystery Shopping Scams by the FTC

“Mystery shop ’til you drop? Not so fast” article posted by the Federal Trade Commission on their website. Click here to read
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Social Security Scam… What does it sound like? This…

This is a very detailed article posted by the Federal Trade Commission. Please click the following link for additional details regarding the scam, including audio from the scam itself. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2018/12/what-social-security-scam-sounds Scammers are saying your
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