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Old 23-02-2017, 11:47 PM   #1
BPXR6T
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Default Police called me today

Wondering if anyone has had a call like this. A mobile number I didn't recognise called me this morning, some authoritative sounding guy telling me he's with the Victoria Police. First reassures me all is good and I'm not in any trouble, and goes on to say he's calling select people in the area to seek sponsorship for the Police PYC StreetSmart program. He explains how my business will be promoted on tickets for a blue light disco or something. I tell him I don't own a business and am not interested in donating. Before I get off the phone he asks about the business name he has listed for me. Turns out its a FaceBook page I had setup about a month ago but not done anything with. Plan was to do some drop shipping. My mobile number is not listed on FaceBook anywhere at all and for public users there is no way to see that the FaceBook page was created by me. So thinking this has to be a scam I wish him good day and end the call. First thought was someone has hacked my FaceBook but that doesn't explain how he got my mobile number. I'm being paranoid right...

The other alternative is he was legit and using VicPol intell. which is somehow matching my FaceBook group to my personal FaceBook user and then to my mobile number somehow, and using that intell. to cold call. Surely that's not kosher. Starting to think about wearing a tin foil hat. Anyone else had a similar experience?
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