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Pitt Police warn of phone scam claiming to be one of their officers

By Patrick Damp

/ CBS Pittsburgh

Pitt Police warn of phone scam

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The University of Pittsburgh Police are warning students of a phone scam where the caller poses as an officer.

The department said someone in the community got the call and the person on the other side of the call claimed to be a Pitt Police officer.

They added they will never ask for payment over the phone - especially as a method of ending an investigation or serving a warrant.

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.

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