More and more we are being bombarded by phony telephone calls. All day long our phone rings and it's hardly a legitimate call. Both our house and cell phones! Now authorities here in Ocean and Monmouth Counties are warning residents about the latest phone scam...
If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be collecting fines on behalf of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, check the number - and if you don't have caller i-d, hang up and call the Prosecutor's Office yourself. It's a nationwide scam...
There is another scam New Jersey consumers are being warned about. This one involves con artists who falsely claim to represent the State Attorney General's office and call unsuspecting victims to demand immediate payment of a non-existent debt.
If someone on the phone claims to be from the New Jersey State Attorney General's office, demanding payment for a debt that you don't even know you owe - don't fall for it.