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Ridgewood NJ, according to several sources a Ridgewood homeowner was taken in for a psychological evaluation following a brief incident involving a report of a gun on Saturday morning. After recent events in Buffalo New York and Uvalde Texas, police and first responders are in a heightened sense of alert .
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Ridgewood Police Department a 27-year-old woman suffered head and leg injuries when she was hit by a Toyota in Ridgewood around 6:15 Friday Night .
The Glen Rock woman was crossing in the crosswalk on North Maple Avenue near the old Elks Club building when she was hit by a Toyota driven by 51-year-old woman from Washington Township.
The driver stayed on the scene and the women was rushed to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson.
Ridgewood Resident Hit by “Green Dot Money Card.” Scam
Ridgewood Police report on Nov. 14: A Goffle Road resident reported that he had received a call from an unknown person identifying themselves as an agent from the U.S. Treasury department. According to police, the caller claimed that the victim owed back taxes and that the authorities would arrest him if he did not pay using “Green Dot Money Cards.” The case is currently under investigation. Police said this is a scam that has been occurring in numerous and different forms. Police advise that government agencies will not request any payment using Green Dot, and no payments should ever be paid without receiving written bills and verification of the debt owed. (Ridgeood Police Blotter)
Scammers now using Green Dot MoneyPak cards
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 7:25 PM EST Updated: Apr 09, 2014 2:21 PM EDT
By Dave Cherry
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PHOENIX (CBS5) -Scams of all kinds have historically involved the victim wiring cash to a stranger, but now that many consumers have gotten wise to this fact, scammers have found a new way for them to pay them.
They’re called Green Dot MoneyPak cards. They’re reloadable debit cards, available everywhere, and you can use them to pay your phone, cable, or credit card bill. They’re typically for people who don’t have, or want, bank accounts.
Scammers like them because they’re more convenient than a money wire, but just as untraceable.
“My fear was that I was going to lose my job, and my home, and my car,” Dean DeVirgilio said.
Even with his autism, DeVirgilio still tends to all his own affairs. Recently, he got a call from a debt collector who claimed DeVirgilio owed $1,300 on an old payday loan. The caller said, “pay it, or else.”
“Threatened to send the sheriff to my workplace, send a warrant for my arrest, and have me in jail for three years for fraud,” DeVirgilio said.
Federal law prohibits debt collectors from using intimidation, threats and harassment, and no one can be jailed over a debt. DeVirgilio should have realized then he was dealing with a scam artist and the debt wasn’t real. Instead, he sent the scammer the money.
Read more: https://www.kpho.com/story/21291286/scammers-now-using-green-dot-moneypak-cards#ixzz3K0WiaDgR