LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Sheriff”s Office (LCSO) would like to alert citizens to a possible scam targeting senior citizens. Capt. Jim Bauman said the LCSO recently received at least one report of a suspicious phone call to a Lake County resident from someone identifying themselves as “National Insurance.”
“On Wednesday morning, an elderly Middletown woman reported getting a phone call from ?National Insurance,” telling the woman they were sending all seniors an ?insurance card” and in order to receive the card, they required certain personal identification such as in this case, the woman” driver”s license number,” Bauman said. “The woman stated the caller had a heavy Asian accent and could provide no further information as the caller abruptly told her he would ?call her back” when she refused to provide her driver”s license number.”
Sheriff Rodney Mitchell encourages all citizens to treat this incident as yet another reminder to protect their personal and financial information at all times and to never provide such information to unsolicited callers unless the legitimacy of the caller or organization can be sufficiently verified.
Mitchell said the LCSO will arrange for a speaker to present further safety tips to any interested group of citizens. The LCSO can be reached at 262-4200.
