The Cape Elizabeth Police Department has received several calls over the past few days from concerned citizens in regards to a telephone scam.

Citizens have reported receiving calls from an automated service identifying itself as Evergreen Credit Union.  The automated voice tells the recipient of the call that their credit card has been suspended and to reactivate their card to enter their credit card number.  Some citizens have reported that their caller id shows a phone number that they have looked up that comes back to various businesses.  The suspects are masking their originating number by using other business numbers to show up on the caller id.  

Evergreen Credit Union has been contacted and they are aware that this has been going on for a few days.

If you receive a call like this just hang up the phone.  Remember to never give any personal information or bank account information over the phone.  If you receive any calls from a financial institution asking questions about your credit card account or bank account contact ask for a call back number.  Then contact your financial institution to check the validity of the call.

Neil R. Williams
Cape Elizabeth Chief of Police