South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, August 23, 2022 A-5
BBB: Beware phishing scam
Tri-State Better Business
Bureau is getting repor ts
that text messages posing
as bank customer ser vice
are being sent to local area
residents. The messages
urges targets to take imme-
diate action after allegedly
detecting an unusual trans-
action. The sender states
that the cards are temporar-
ily locked, and the situation
can be resolved by calling a
phone number given in the
body of the same text mes-
sage.
"Unfor tunately, this is
quite a popular phishing
scam. You may receive
these messages whether
you have an account with
the bank mentioned in the
text message of not. For
those of you who happen
to have one, it's impor t-
ant to not engage with the
text message or its sender
and contact your bank at a
phone number you know
to be cor rect," says Oana
Schneider, Director of Me-
dia Ser vices for the Better
Business Bureau in Evans-
ville.
If you received one of
these text messages:
- Do not reply to these
messages or you might un-
knowingly confirm to the
sender that your phone
number is an active one.
- Don't click on any links,
attachments, or phone num-
bers, as they may lead you
to a scam website or to a
scammer's phone number.
- Block the sender's
phone number
To repor t a scam, vis-
it bbb.org/scamtracker
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/
g1xbr f/cisr7e/gtv4lg).
Pizza fundraiser totals $1,100 for injured girl
Monroe Pizza Company presented the family of Oakland City sixth grader Josselyn Lynn a check for $1,100 Saturday for the proceeds of their pizza fundraiser (reported
in last week's Star-Times) for her medical care after she was hit from behind by a car. According to the family, she hopes to be medically cleared by doctors at the end of the
month.
GCSO pursuing registry
violators
By Janice Barniak
Star-Times Editor
editor@sgstartimes.com
Gibson County Sheriff's
Officers told the County
Council in their August
meeting the department is
cracking down on violators
of the sex offender registr y.
According to Capt. Bruce
Vanoven, for the GCSO,
the department has had 14
recent cases and 14 convic-
tions of offenders not abid-
ing by registr y guidelines.
"We've lost none. If any-
one knows of an of fender
who is not following the
registr y, give us a call, ask
for Lisa. We'll make it num-
ber 15," he said.
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