Heightened Circulation of Scam Messages - Texts and Emails 
Skagway Police Department and administration has been made aware of a large swell of fraudulent messages circulation in both email and text message form. Many of these are requesting payments in order to avoid penalties or punishments, the Municipality of Skagway does not send such notices in email nor text format.
Furthermore, the Municipality does not request wire transfers for any payments nor do they issue invoices for application fees. Official emails from the Municipality will always end in @Skagway.org. Any other domain (e.g., @usa.com) is illegitimate. Do not respond to any suspicious message(s) claiming to be from the Municipality.
CITY OF SKAGWAY - Link to public notice.
Instructions:
Be diligent in personal communications - Municipality will never request payments via wire transfers, text messages, and will never be sent from an email address that does NOT end with @skagway.org
Address/Location
Skagway Police Department
308 17th Ave
Skagway, AK 99840
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 907-983-2232
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Utility, telecommunication, other non-transport infrastructure
- Event:
- Telecommunications Emergency
