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The Cambridge Police Department would like to alert the community of a phone scam that involves someone calling the public impersonating Cambridge Police, even using the real names of our officers.

The Cambridge Police Department would like to alert the community of a scam, known as the Tech-Support Scam, that has been targeting residents in our city and neighboring communities.

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Police continue to take reports from our residences who appear to have been targeted by a prevalent phone extortion scam.

A long-time scam that has victimized our senior residents in the past has recently resurfaced in Cambridge and we want the community to be aware of it to help prevent future victimization.

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The scam phone calls reportedly appeared as 617-349-3300, which is the non-emergency business line for the Cambridge Police. In the calls, the scam callers stated that they were federal law enforcement officers.

The Cambridge Police Department (CPD) would like to alert the community of a phone scam that involves someone calling the public impersonating Cambridge Police. The caller claims they are a Cambridge Police Captain, which is not a rank at CPD, and advises the person on the phone they missed jury duty and could go to jail if they don’t pay a large sum of money.