A phone scam has hit LaSalle police.
The police service says it is aware that someone is cloning its phone number and claiming to be a police officer, notifying callers that they have been a victim of identity theft, their phone number is associated to crime in China, or that their phone number was used to register a purchase.
LaSalle police say they recently started to receive calls from across the country about the scam and reported information so far is that the callers know your first and last name, they may know your email, address, or names of your relatives, and will provide a fictitious badge number and report/occurrence number.
The callers are female or male with various accents and are attempting to obtain personal information.
The police service says this is a scam and that it would not convey identity theft in this manner.
LaSalle police say if you receive a similar call, do not give out any personal information and hang up the phone.