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Aventura police outline rising fraud trends and prevention steps at public town hall
Summary
Aventura Police Department detectives described growing, more sophisticated fraud schemes at a community seminar, offered prevention tips for seniors and condo residents, and urged people to verify requests for money or remote access to devices.
Aventura Police Department detectives warned residents Wednesday night that fraud schemes have grown more frequent and more technologically sophisticated, and they urged people — especially seniors and condominium residents — to verify requests for money or remote access to computers before acting. "Fraud, scams, and crimes have increased tremendously over the years," an Aventura police official said during the department's economic-crimes informational session.
The seminar featured Detective Ken Seely and Detective Sandra Marquez of the department's economic crimes unit, which Seely said was established in February 2019 and now includes two full-time detectives. Seely described common and emerging scams — including SIM swapping, business email compromise, crypto scams, account takeovers and spoofing — and urged simple steps residents can take to limit risk: enable account notifications, set transfer or porting passcodes with phone carriers, and refuse remote-access requests. "Protect…
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