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Swissvale Police warn residents of phone 'fundraising' scam

By Patrick Damp

September 21, 2022 / 5:19 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

CBS News Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The Swissvale Police Department is warning residents of yet another phone scam happening in our area.

According to police, they received a report of someone posing as a representative of the Swissvale Police Department and saying they were doing a fundraiser for the department. They then requested debit card information to make a donation.

The department said they do not do this and do not request funds to be sent via debit cards and/or gift cards.

Anyone that receives said call should hang up and call 911 to report the scam.

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.