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Unemployment Fraud
Nov 16, 2020
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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
Continue Reading →Attleboro Police Bicycle Auction Aug. 22nd 10am
Aug 14, 2020
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
Continue Reading →Federal Trade Commissions Website for Reporting Computer/Telephone Scams
Aug 04, 2020
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
Continue Reading →IRS Warns Against COVID-19 Fraud
Jun 09, 2020
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
Continue Reading →Protect yourself financially from the impact of the coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020
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
Continue Reading →Ready.gov – Disaster Preparedness
Nov 19, 2019
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/
Continue Reading →Timothy BROWN – HAS BEEN CAPTURED
Oct 30, 2019
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
Continue Reading →Introducing Attleboro Alerts
Aug 05, 2019
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
Continue Reading →Great Article About Mystery Shopping Scams by the FTC
Jul 23, 2019
“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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