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Staff warns of email scams targeting applicants; city to consider ordinance banning crypto kiosks
Summary
Planning staff reported scammers scraping applicant details from the city website and sending fake invoices (one cited at $5,000); staff said it will limit posted applicant details and pursue an ordinance to ban cryptocurrency kiosks used in scams.
Planning staff told the Benton City Planning Commission that a string of frauds targeting land-use applicants prompted changes to how applicant information is published and spurred plans for new local rules to curb fraud.
Staff said scammers have been harvesting applicant names and email addresses from the city website, impersonating the city with fake email addresses and logos, and…
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