the California Highway Patrol She took to social media to warn residents of the state about a new scam circulating.
Phone scammers Amber Alert “representatives” offer to meet in homes and collect personal information to “register” children, a practice that is not actually practiced.
“This is not how the AMBER Alert system works!” Read this post.
Amber Alert, part of the package of signed child safety laws By Congress in 2003, named after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1996.
The National Alert System was established to quickly inform the public of child abductions.
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The CHP reiterated in its post that they are the only agency authorized to activate AMBER ALERTS To the state.
The agency also advised the public not to provide personal information or answer calls from “potentially fraudulent” numbers, and to notify law enforcement immediately if contacted by a scammer.