The Federal Bureau of Prisons has issued a telephone scam alert the prisoner population. The release reads as follows:
“The FBOP has been alerted of a phone scam impacting adults in its custody and their families where callers are identifying themselves as FBOP employees in an attempt to secure money for your release to pre-release custody. The FBOP does not contact your families for personal information or money surrounding your release to pre-release custody.
“Also, there appears to be other scams affecting your families where callers are also identifying as Federal Probation Officers and members of the U.S. Parole Commission in an attempt to gain personal information or money for early release and/or relocation approvals. Again, these agencies do not request money nor contact members of the public regarding any release decisions except for victims who have the legal right to provide input into parole decisions.”
The memo then advises those who suspect that they may have recieved a scam call to report it to the Federal Trade Commission at 877-382-4357 or https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/

Mark Jordan

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FCI Fairton
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