\u00a0Michigan State Police are warning everyone to be suspicious of callers claiming to be Amazon and Apple company representatives.<\/p>\n
The callers claim there is a suspicious purchase, lost package, unfilled order or an issue with an iCloud account. They then try to obtain the victim\u2019s personal information, including passwords and credit card numbers.<\/p>\n
In most cases, the scammers advise their victim to press 1 to speak with a customer service representative or provide another phone number for the victim to call.<\/p>\n
Michigan State Police say anyone who receives a suspicious call claiming to be from Apple or Amazon should hang up immediately. Avoid pressing 1 to talk with anyone else, calling a phone number they give or providing any personal information.<\/p>\n
Consumers who believe there may be a legitimate problem with their Amazon or Apple accounts should the companies directly using a phone number listed on their websites.<\/p>\n
Police urge family members to pass along the information about this scam to elderly relatives, who are more susceptible to become victims of these schemes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Michigan State Police are warning everyone to be suspicious of callers claiming to be Amazon and Apple company…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n