New warnings just in; these come from law enforcement, which seems to indicate they are taking this seriously: North Carolina; November: https://www.salisburypost.com/2022/11/04/recent-scam-targets-registered-sex-offenders/ Michigan; November: https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Sex-offenders-target-of-scam-caller-Michigan-17616236.php These are the ones I have identified. If you know of one in a state not here, send a link to a 2022 news article to communications@narsol.org Virginia; July: https://www.wakg.com/2022/07/27/vsp-warns-of-sex-offender-phone-scam/ Tennessee; June:https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/sex-offender-registry-scams-widespread-in-state/article_4b83fef2-ed9a-11ec-822c-3f0177e9866b.html Alaska; March: https://www.akp.uscourts.gov/2022/03/21/news/us-marshals-and-alaska-state-troopers-warn-scam…
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To registrants getting calls for DNA sample: Take precautions!
Registrants in some Texas counties have received telephone calls telling them they need to come in and give a DNA sample. Texas Voices investigated and, finding that these calls were legitimate, issued information and warnings to its members. “Texas Rangers have identified 3,300 registered sex offenders in Texas who owe the state a DNA sample for entry into CODIS,” they…
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