Scam artists posing as health inspectors are targeting restaurants
Restaurants in Washington state, other states, and Canada are being targeted by the scam, which involves a series of phone calls, reports the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.
The first caller tells the restaurant that it will receive an automated call providing a numeric confirmation code. A second caller, claiming to be a health inspector, requests the code and seeks to set up an in-person restaurant inspection. The caller threatens fines if the restaurant doesn’t cooperate.
Officials in Stanislaus County, Calif., issued an alert last week. It stated that the phony inspector scheme is part of a larger fraud involving setting up verified accounts with a national online auction service. The fraudster then uses the accounts in other schemes.
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