news release
ANDREW J. SPANO, Westchester County Executive  JOSHUA LIPSMAN, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner of Health SUSAN TOLCHIN, Director of Communications

 

CONTACT:    SUSAN TOLCHIN                                                                            (914) 285-2932

                        VALERIE GOLDSTEIN                                                                  (914) 637-4715

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                August 8, 2000

 

Health Department Alerts Residents To Phone Scam

 

The Westchester County Department of Health today alerted the public to a phone scam that has been reported to their offices by several residents from northern Westchester. 

 

Someone who is posing as a Westchester County Health Department staff person, is phoning residents and telling them that the Health Department has recently treated their neighbor’s home for rodents and will inspect and/or exterminate their home for a fee of twenty-dollars.  Residents are advised that this is a scam, and that the Health Department is not soliciting fees for rodent inspections. 

 

The Health Department is requesting that anyone who receives a phone call of this nature, report the incident to his or her local police department.  For more information, contact the Westchester County Department of Health at (914) 813-5000.

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