The Tulsa Fire Department is being imitated in a new phone scam.
Someone is using spoofing technology to appear as though they’re calling from a fire station. Deputy Chief Scott Clark said they’re asking for money to buy smoke detectors.
"We don't solicit via telephone. We get our detectors donated through corporate sponsors and other ways, so no, we wouldn't do this," Clark said.
The fire department occasionally canvases neighborhoods with recent fires to install smoke detectors, but firefighters are in uniform and don’t ask for money.
"I'm not sure that there's anything we can do to prosecute them; however, we have been working with TPD to explore our options in that area," Clark said. "But the best thing [citizens] can do is just be aware that it's not us and ignore the call."
Clark said several citizens and even the Tulsa Fire chief have received the phone calls.
