(New Brighton, Pa.) The New Brighton Area Police Department is issuing a fraud alert to warn citizens of reports that New Brighton Borough telephone numbers have been used recently as part of a telephone spoofing scam targeting individuals in the area. Spoofing is the deliberate falsifying of information transmitted to a caller ID display to disguise an identity.

The warning was sent out via e-mail and social media outlets warning residents that the
perpetrators of the scam represent themselves as employees of the New Brighton Area Police Department or a New Brighton Borough Wmployee. They alter caller ID systems to make it appear that the call is coming from a local number (724-843-xxxx) and attempt to obtain or verify personally identifiable information. Individuals receiving phone calls from these numbers should not provide any personal information.

New Brighton Police Department is asking anyone who believes they may have been a victim of this telephone spoofing scam to call the New Brighton Area Police Department at (724) 846-2277.