Fairbury Country Club Warns of Phone Scam

The Fairbury Country Club is warning local businesses of a recent scam in which calls are being made by someone claiming to represent the country club and asking about buying adds for the club.“Fairbury Country Club will not contact you for business ads,” said a warning posted to the club's official Facebook page. “This is a scam, they are telling businesses they are with FCC and that is not true. Any local business that is getting these calls, please disregard and ask to be removed from their call list.”This is only the latest in an ongoing and ever increasing series of attempts to defraud people via telephone. Such scams come in many different variations. For example, a resident of Beatrice recently called the Gage County Sheriff's Office to report that he had received a phone call from someone claiming to be his son and used the son's actual name. When the victim said the suspect did not sound like his son, the suspect said that was because he had been involved in an automobile accident and had a broken nose. The suspect then said he was taken down to the “police department” because there were a couple of old beer bottles in the car. The suspect told the victim he was giving the phone to the police officer so he could give him the name of his attorney.The victim spoke with the ersatz “police officer,” who gave him the number of an attorney to call. In a press release, the sheriff's office reported, “Luckily, however the victim had the presence of mind to actually call his son and ask if he was okay, which the son confirmed he was not involved in any accident.”The suspects called the victim a few minutes later and the victim's wife answered. She was also aware this was an attempted scam and asked the son if he knew her name, which he did not. The victims then hung up and called the sheriff's office to report the scam. They did not lose any money and did not reveal any personal, confidential, or financial information to the suspects. The sheriff's office advised people to: “Be aware there are numerous ways to fall victim to frauds and scams. Red Flags, i.e. warning signs that you are being scammed are unusual circumstances, requesting payment via gift cards, sending cash, or the demands for secrecy or urgency in sending a payment.” If you believe you may be the victim of such a scam, speak with a family member, trusted financial advisor, close friend, or call law enforcement and ask to speak with an investigator or a deputy about the situation.

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