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Drug Store Scam

4/19/2017

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NEWS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 

Beware of a new scam. A caller from 844-924-7733 (a known scam number from off shore) says they are calling from Walgreen’s Pharmacy and need to verify information such as birthdate, etc. to fill a prescription. 
See an article below. And never give personal information on the phone. Tell them you will be contacting your pharmacy branch directly or better yet, go into your local pharmacy to share that information if possible. 

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Source: ABC 7 Eyewitness News Chicago 
NILES, Ill. (WLS) -- 
Multiple suburban Niles residents have reported receiving bogus calls from someone pretending to be a Walgreens pharmacy employee, police said Tuesday. The calls come from several area codes, police said. Several included the 402 area code. The callers' numbers may look legitimate via caller ID, but are an actual different number, Niles police said. The caller identified themselves at being from the Walgreens pharmacy and says, "We are attempting to verify information for a pending prescription." If the potential victim continues on the call, they will ask for driver's license information, social security information, insurance information and any other personal identifiers. This type of scam is called "phishing," and aims to obtain personal information for identity theft or insurance fraud purposes, police said. 
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8/24/2020 06:10:30 am

I needed to have the option to associate freely like typical individuals, and I was somewhat irritated with my psychological well-being issues making my life so troublesome, however I managed to go out and travel 60 miles and at any rate attempt, so I was somewhat glad for myself for that.

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Lucille Dobbs
12/12/2020 05:37:02 pm

I received a call from Walgreens Pharmacy this morning telling me my one medication needed a refill. I was about to call them about it so I agreed they should fill it. They said it would be ready tomorrow morning by 10:30 am.
Later, at 2:20 pm I received a call that started out with Walgreens is open 24 hours etc and saying it was about my prescription and asked for my date of birth. I gave it thinking they had to maybe change something about giving me the prescription tomorrow morning? When they got my date of birth they sent closed captions telling me to call this number 844 924 7733. That is not the area code for my Walgreens Pharmacy and it reminded me of an earlier call telling me something was wrong with my computer and I was to call 844 918 4197 I believe those numbers are from scammers and I hope I'm not in more trouble for giving them my date of birth but I think someone should check on those two and stop them from making these calls as I'm sure they are making them to others besides me.

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gabrielle menne
12/20/2020 01:37:54 pm

First of all if you give anybody your information over the phone you deserve what happens to you...

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Mya Murphy link
1/3/2021 02:15:01 pm

I appreciate you sharing this

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