Phone Scams

Telemarketing scams continue to find their way to the Jersey Shore with the latest series of incidents occurring in South Toms River and Asbury Park.

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden has issued a warning against solicitation scams by people or organizations who claim to be with his office.

How often does your phone ring these days only to find that it's a "robo" call? A call that doesn't matter and is coming from a number you don't recognize!   We still have a "house phone" and every day we get 5-10 illegitimate calls ... if fac...

By now, everyone is familiar with the phone scam that attempts to delude victims into thinking that they owe delinquent taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. Point Pleasant Police have issued an unnerving description of the typical exchange.

New Jersey’s senior U.S. Senator is pushing a plan to delete part of the recently passed federal budget – to prevent scammers from ripping people off.

It's an "old scam, but with a new twist," and if PSE&G is your service provider, you could be the next victim.

We have a warning for you as an old scam is making new rounds in South Jersey lately.

Phone scams never disappear - they just hook new victims. Bogus calls that seem to be from tax man, the credit card lender, the grandkid in trouble, even the electric company remain consistent ploys, with new twists all the time.

A sharp rise in the number of JCP&L scam calls, triggers and advisory from Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. A number of JCP&L customers have reported getting hostile calls from people demanding payment for an electric bill or risk being shut off in a few hours. "Do...

Nearly a dozen calls from residents today alone about unsolicited calls from the IRS prompts the Ocean County Prosecutors Office to issue a warning about telephone scams. They urge you to immediately hang up on people demanding payment for taxes to the IRS and never give credit, debit or prepaid card information over the telephone...