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Peabody Police Department
Tuesday March 27th, 2012 :: 09:30 a.m. EDT

Advisory

Publishers Clearing House Lottery Scam emerges - Beware and verify.

It has been found that Stamford, CT resident has been involved in a Publisher's Clearinghouse Lottery Scam.

A victim would be called and informed they have won publisher's clearinghouse but need to "pay taxes" in order to collect their winnings. The victim's were instructed to deposit the money directly into a Bank of America Acct (#38501507xxxx) (which has since been frozen).

As of right now the victims have not been identified because no names are attached to the deposit slips. All of which are approx. $1,850.00.

Bank of America has found that the deposits have come from Hinesville,GA. Vancouver, WA., Hampton, NH., New Bern, NC., and Hawthorne, NJ.,

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Peabody Police Department
6 Allens Lane
Peabody, MA 01960

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 978-531-1212

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