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Planning staff warns applicants about email scam requesting wire payments
Summary
Planning Department staff warned prospective and current applicants about a scam that uses publicly available agenda information and AI-generated messages to request payment by wire transfer. Staff said the city will not request wired payments and urged applicants to verify legitimacy with the office.
Planning Department staff issued a public-service announcement at the start of the May 25 meeting, warning applicants about a scam that uses information from planning agendas to send realistic-looking emails requesting payment by wire transfer.
"We will never ask for money to be wired," Matthew Blomley, planning staff,…
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