The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office is warning Concealed Pistol License (CPL) holders about a text scam claiming to alert them that their permit needs to be renewed or changed and offers a link to a fake website that collects the permit holder’s personal information.
The Sheriff’s Office has received a notice from its
CPL vendor, Permitium, that this text scam has been going around nationwide.
The Sheriff’s Office reiterates that such text
messages with malicious links is not generated by the Sheriff’s Office or
Permitium. Also, text messages from Permitium will not contain any links.
If you have received one of these text messages report
it-
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To the Washington State Attorney General’s
Office- https://www.atg.wa.gov/file-complaint
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To the Federal Trade Commission- https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office:
https://snohomishcountywa.gov/210/Sheriffs-Office
USA .gov:
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