Massachusetts State Police are warning residents against giving out personal information from a caller claiming to be calling from the law enforcement agency.
A woman from New York City reported that she received a call from 508- 820- 2300, the main number for the State Police.
“Obviously, the call was not made by State Police and was an instance of spoofing,” State Police said in a press release.
“It is fairly common for hoaxers to use police numbers to give their fraudulent calls an appearance of credibility or to support their malicious intent to get someone’s personal information.” police said.
But the agency, or a local police deparment “will never call them seeking information,” the statement said.
Anyone who receives the hoax call should hang up and call the communication section of the State Police at 508-820-2121.
Maddie Kilgannon can be reached at maddie.kilgannon@globe.com.
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