05/11/2026
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🚨 Financial Fraud “Red Flags” to Remember! 🚨
As our detectives continue to work more and more fraud cases, here are some things to remember. Please share this information to help protect your family and friends from becoming victims of fraud.
🔘If someone tells you by phone or email to deposit cash into a Bitcoin “kiosk” machine to “resolve” an issue — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone tells you by phone or email to “not tell anyone” about a financial and/or security breach issue — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone you don’t know tells you by phone or email to mail cash anywhere — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone on the phone or by email tells you to buy any sort of gift cards to “resolve” an issue — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone tells you to not hang up the phone and/or demands you stay on the phone with them — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone tells you by phone or email that there is a security breach inside your bank and you need to wire transfer money out of your account to “protect it” — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone tells you by phone or email that you have to “act immediately” to “resolve” a financial issue — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone from a Facebook property management/rentals page asks you to send any type of deposit before you have physically seen the property — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
🔘If someone threatens you with legal consequences, violence, public exposure, or sends violent photos — YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.
⚠️ Watch out for text messages with QR codes to “resolve” traffic and/or toll citations. THIS IS A SCAM.
⚠️ Watch out for text messages or warning notices claiming your phone is “locked for illegal activity.” THIS IS A SCAM.
Whenever possible, complete legitimate financial transactions or address financial issues in person at your bank or through official, password-protected banking websites.
If anything feels “off,” hang up and contact a trusted friend, family member, or the Elk City Police Department BEFORE sending money anywhere.