[WardFive] BEWARE TELEPHONE SCAM purportedly involving DC Courts

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Commissioner Ursula Higgins
Chairperson, ANC 5B
Single Member District 5B02
Telephone: 202-321-5289
Email: 5b02@anc.dc.gov
Website: www.anc5b.org
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Subject: BEWARE TELEPHONE SCAM purportedly involving DC Courts

March 20, 2017
For more information, contact Leah Gurowitz or Jasmine Turner
202/ 879-1700

DC COURTS WARN OF TELEPHONE SCAM
Caller ID indicates calls are from DC Courts, but they are not

Washington, DC – The DC Courts want to warn members of the public not to be taken-in by a telephone scam in which they get a voicemail asking them to call a 1-844 telephone number about money they owe on an outstanding court matter, and to push 5 to make payment and resolve the matter. What differentiates these calls from other scams is that the caller ID system has been manipulated and shows a DC Court-issued telephone number on the caller ID display. Please be advised that the District of Columbia Courts never solicit payments via telephone. All official court correspondence is processed through the U.S. Postal Service. The public is advised not to respond to these telephone calls.

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