Well-being check requested in suspected phone bank scam


A caller asked police to check on his sister after she reported a cyber emergency where someone is trying to steal her bank information by phone; police are responding.
Audio|Source: Palos Heights and Orland Park Police, Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
1427 or status. 1424 for a call home. Good. (name withheld) a citizen assist at 10640 Brooks, 10640 Brooks Unit B6. We had a caller call and asked him for a well-being check on his sister, said she called him and called him and... He told him to call the police, there was an emergency that disconnected. My call takers calling her on the phone now, and she's stating that it's a cyber emergency. Someone's trying to take her bank information on the phone. 73, 10-4. You could just have that to 24. 24.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Harlem Ave, Palos Heights, IL 60463
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