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Californians suggested to be on excessive alert for ‘Amber Alert’ rip-off

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The California Highway Patrol took to social media to warn state residents a few new rip-off circulating.

Phone scammers posing as Amber Alert “representatives” are providing to fulfill at houses and collect private data to “register” youngsters, a process that isn’t really practiced.

“This is NOT how the AMBER Alert system works!” the put up learn.

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The California Highway Patrol took to social media to warn a few new rip-off circulating. (California Highway Patrol)

The Amber Alert, a part of a package deal of kid security legal guidelines signed by Congress in 2003, was named after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1996. 

The nationwide alert system was created to shortly inform the general public of kid abductions.

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Amber alerts are a nationwide alert system meant to shortly inform the general public of kid abductions. (California Highway Patrol)

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CHP reiterated of their put up that they’re the one company licensed to activate Amber Alerts for the state.

The company additionally suggested the general public to by no means present private data or reply calls from “potential rip-off” numbers, and to inform regulation enforcement instantly if contacted by a scammer.

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