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Mesa Police Department Cons, Frauds & Scams
 
Best Buy Fraud

Beware of a phony e-mail scam. Consumers are receiving e-mails entitled "Fraud Alert" supposedly from Best Buy's fraud department. The e-mail says that someone has been in the store trying to charge items with the consumer's credit card. The e-mail goes on to ask the consumer to help correct the problem by going to the Fraud Department and entering name, address, Social Security number, and credit card number. Obviously the goal of this scam is to obtain personal information from consumers. The link has since been shut down, but there have been similar e-mails from other companies. As always, please be careful when giving out your personal information, as you never know who's on the other end of the line, unless you initiated the contact.

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