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The California Freeway Patrol took to social media to warn state residents a couple of new rip-off circulating.
Telephone scammers posing as Amber Alert “representatives” are providing to satisfy at houses and collect private info to “register” kids, a process that’s not really practiced.
“That is NOT how the AMBER Alert system works!” the submit learn.
7 STORIES OF CHILDREN WHO WERE KIDNAPPED, SURVIVED THEIR ABDUCTIONS AND WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES
The California Freeway Patrol took to social media to warn a couple of new rip-off circulating. (California Freeway Patrol)
The Amber Alert, a part of a bundle of kid security legal guidelines signed by Congress in 2003, was named after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1996.
The nationwide alert system was created to rapidly inform the general public of kid abductions.
FAMILY AND NON-FAMILY KIDNAPPINGS, ABDUCTION ATTEMPTS ARE MOST COMMON DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS
Amber alerts are a nationwide alert system meant to rapidly inform the general public of kid abductions. (California Freeway Patrol)
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CHP reiterated of their submit that they’re the one company licensed to activate Amber Alerts for the state.
The company additionally suggested the general public to by no means present private info or reply calls from “attainable rip-off” numbers, and to inform legislation enforcement instantly if contacted by a scammer.
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