PORTAGE, Mich. — The City of Portage is warning residents of a new phone “spoofing” scam in which these scammers are using a city phone number to contact them.
The city said the scammers claim to be from Walmart and are trying to trick residents into providing them with financial information, such as a credit card number.
Spoofing is when someone disguises an email address, display name, phone number, text message, or website URL to convince a person that they are interacting with a known, trusted source, according to officials.
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The city said they will never ask anyone for their banking information, driver’s license number, or social security number unless a resident is the one who initiated the call…