Corvallis, OR. — Corvallis officials are warning residents to remain vigilant after a recent wave of financial scams targeting individuals involved in land use applications.
According to the City, scammers have used publicly available information tied to active land use cases to identify potential victims. Those individuals were then contacted with fraudulent emails posing as City building officials. The messages included fake invoices requesting payment for services and directed recipients to send funds via wire transfer.
City officials emphasized that legitimate payments will never be requested through wire transfer, a key indicator that a message is fraudulent…