Last Updated on June 11, 2025
Scams/Frauds
Scam Warning of an Account Takeover
A relatively new scam has callers, texters and emailers warning of an account takeover. Thieves purporting to be from your bank, police, FBI, FTC or Homeland Security are telling victims that they must move their money or risk losing it. They then steer the victim to...
Scam Warning
Scam Warning The FBI told 60 Minutes on June 1st that all of our personal information – name, address,Social Security Number, etc. – is available on the dark web, where fraudsters buy, sell and trade stolen information and illicit goods online. Nation states and...
Recent Scam about Erickson Advantage
A Charlestown resident received a scam telephone call. The caller ID said Erickson Living with phone number 410-314-2702, which seems like other Charlestown numbers. The resident verified with Erickson Advantage that they would “never make such a call.” Be careful...
Scam Warning
Updated Scam Warning Experts estimate that over 80% of Americans have received data breach notices in the last year. Medical and personal information of one-third of us were stolen from Change Healthcare, which processes US medical data. We must assume that criminal...
Seasonal Scams
With the holiday season in full swing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging the public to remain vigilant against an uptick in scams targeting holiday shoppers and charitable donors. Criminals are exploiting the busy shopping period, using increasingly...
Telephone Fraud Warning
Charlestown residents have received calls on their landline with caller IDs such as Quest Diagnostics and similar medical companies. One resident immediately recognized that the call was attempted fraud when the caller, in poor English, asked for personal medical...
Elder Fraud Information
On October 22nd, the FBI gave a presentation on Elder Fraud, an increasingly insidious cause of money losses and angst for over-60-year-olds. Romance, investment and identity theft frauds using computers, phones and in-person contacts were featured. The presentation...
AT&T Data Breach
Many of us at Charlestown have AT&T cell service. AT&T reported July 12 that hackers stole at least six months of 2022 phone records for almost everyone with AT&T service, about 95 million customers. AT&T said those whose data was taken would be notified. The US has...
Scam Alert, July 2024
Scam Alerts From the Residents' Council Safety & Security CommitteeA surge in cyber attacks continues: The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3.gov), which collects and analyzes public reports of internet crimes, received 880,418 cybercrime complaints in...
Scam Alerts from the Residents’ Council Safety & Security Committee
1. Warning Graphic Pop Up
2. False EZPass toll claims
3. Texts About Deliveries that Can’t Be Made
To protect yourself from scams, always call or click on numbers and links you know are for the real organizations you trust. Never respond to a questionable email or text message directly.