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Palm Beach County clerk warns Jupiter residents of rising, sophisticated scams and deed thefts
Summary
Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County Clerk of Court, told the Jupiter council that scams impersonating law enforcement and court officers are growing more sophisticated and that property-deed fraud cases have climbed sharply; he urged residents to sign up for the countyproperty fraud alert.
Mike Caruso, the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, told the Jupiter Town Council that scammers have moved beyond obvious prize schemes to highly targeted calls and messages that impersonate court staff, sheriff's deputies and other officials.
Caruso said national figures from the Federal Trade Commission put scam losses in the billions and that Florida reported 21,294 scam incidents in the last three quarters of the previous year. "When they ask you for money, it's not maybe a scam.…
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