Full Notification

The Columbia Township Police Department is continuing to receive calls from residents reporting attempted scams by telephone.

The first is a scam involving suspects who pose as Microsoft employees, telling the victims that a virus has been detected on their computer, and they need access to the computer, as well as the victim’s debit card information, to clear up the virus. After gaining the debit card information, the suspects then draw all money from the victim’s account.

It should be noted that Microsoft does NOT contact people like this for this task, and residents are cautioned to NOT ever give debit card information, or any other personal identifying information, to anyone over the phone that calls the victim.

Any resident that encounters such a situation should ask the caller for a call back number, and should then contact the Police Department