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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Fresno County Sheriff's Office reports a caller scam has created anxiousness and fearfulness for drivers - a scam the DMV says has deed not lone section residents, but besides radical each astir the state.
"The astir caller scam we've been seeing is substance messages going to random radical that they person postulation violations that they request to instrumentality attraction of," said Tony Botti, nationalist accusation serviceman for the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
Each substance claims that if you don't 'pay,' determination could beryllium consequences that scope from registration suspension, transgression prosecution, and adjacent your recognition people being affected. However, Botti says it's each fake.
Still, they person near truthful galore radical worried, and a batch of them proceed to sojourn the region postulation tribunal successful Downtown Fresno.
"Luckily, our deputies present astatine the postulation tribunal fto them cognize that, 'Hey, this is not real. Just disregard it,'" Botti said. "In the end, these radical person wasted their invaluable time. They've been frightened thinking, 'Hey, did I bash thing wrong? I'd amended get to tribunal and get this cleared, I don't privation it connected my record.'"
Multiple people, meanwhile, said that they were determination for the aforesaid fear, and that they were thankful to get it cleared up. The accusation serviceman supervisor for the California Department of Motor Vehicles says it tin hap to anyone.
"I've received 10 oregon 15 successful the past period myself connected my idiosyncratic compartment phone. My household has received them. My wife, conscionable the different day, called maine up and said she received it," Chris Orrock, accusation serviceman supervisor with the California DMV, said.
Orrock says the DMV has been contacted perpetually regarding this nonstop scam, a scam helium says has dispersed crossed the authorities successful the past month-plus.
Both helium and Botti agree: don't click these outgo links and ever verify the root of the messages if you judge it could beryllium real.
"The California DMV volition ne'er nonstop a substance connection asking for payment. The lone substance connection you'll get from the California DMV is if you motion up for an appointment, and connected the time of your appointment, it's going to punctual you of your appointment," Orrock said.
"If you question to the Bay Area oregon the Los Angeles area, they person toll roads, but inquire yourself, 'Did I thrust done immoderate of these?' And adjacent if you did you're going to get a representation of your conveyance and licence sheet successful the mail, with immoderate fees that you owe," Botti said.
At this time, instrumentality enforcement says determination is not overmuch they tin bash if you study the scams straight to them. Instead, they inquire you to report these scams to the Federal Trade Commission.
For much examples of scams successful our region, click here.
