Warning, Warning!!

From a former board member of Higley Groves West who is in contact with Gilbert PD.

1. Magazine sales for Phoenix Children's Hospital

Again this year, there are scammers going door-to-door claiming to be selling magazine subscriptions to raise funds for Phoenix Children's Hospital. The hospital DOES NOT engage in this kind of activity. Please DO NOT fall victim to this scam. Report any contact with these people to the police.

2. Israeli Art Students

There is a group in Gilbert claiming to be Israel art students that are conducting door-to-door art sales. They claim to be “showing” the art to generating leads for future electronic transactions. If you engage in business with a person that finalizes a transaction electronically overseas or they obtain bank account information from you locally and use it fraudulently overseas it may be untraceable and irreversible. The group almost always works out of white rental mini-vans and they walk door-to-door (females and males) with a black portfolio and a white document tube with additional art samples. In most cases they will try to get you to touch the laminated surface of a painting. A female from Israel, believed to be associated with this group was reported in the area of Warner & Higley last week.

ACTIC has requested that any contact with members of this group be sent to me with a brief description (date, time, transaction amount, location or any other pertinent information) wesk@ci.gilbert.az.us and I will forward that information to the appropriate contact.

Wes Kemp
Gilbert Fire Department
Special Operations
Office: 480-503-6134
Cell: 480-797-5819
Pager: 602-201-9572
wesk@ci.gilbert.az.us

We all want and need to be generous, and need to be wise as well. Hopefully, this will help.