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With the pandemic and the holidays, scammers are out in full force.

A new scam that's started around West MI involves scammers spoofing police department numbers and pretending to be officers, trying to get money from you for various reasons.

Kentwood PD say residents have been getting calls from someone claiming to be from department.

"Vishing" is a voice phishing scam where people are using flattery or threats to get information out of you.

The scam happens when people receive a call offering tech support help. Unfortunately, they're really just trying to help themselves to your phone.

Technically it's not new, but it's not been making headlines for much of this year, so with everything else 2020 has brought to us, this is new.

There have been multiple reports of these phone scams from counties across the state.

Get a call about an Oldies fundraiser event for the Van Buren County Sheriff's office? Watch out, police say it's a scam.

The irony? The scammers are posing as someone from a fraud department...

The Norton Shores Police Department is warning of a scam in which the caller impersonates a police office. Fox 17 reports that the caller, who is said to have an Indian accent, claims to have a warrant for your arrest. They are using software to make it appear the call is coming from Norton Shores Police...

If you call back you could be charged with fees.