(Markesan) Markesan Police say community members are receiving email notifications from someone whose email was hacked. A police officer received an email from someone posing as community member saying they couldn’t buy gift cards right now but needed to get them for a friend that has cancer and asked if the officer could buy them online and send them to the person who had reached out to the officer. They promised to pay him back in the next week or when they saw him. The officer called the person who had supposedly sent him the email and were told that the company that they have their email through has been hacked. Markesan Police says if you get such a request it is a scam.
(Horicon) The Horicon Hills Golf Club recently became elite Silver Sponsors of the Horicon Marshmen Foundation thanks to a $1,000 dollar donation from golf club owner Jim Merkel. The Horicon Marshmen provide financial support, scholarships, grants, and other resources benefitting the educational opportunities within the School District of Horicon. Elite members of the Marshmen Foundation receive recognition via a banner at Sword Field, free passes to school events, and additional benefits. More information about the Marshmen Foundation as well as ways to contribute can be found with this story at DailyDodge.com.
(Wisconsin) The state’s Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles have implemented new Federal requirements for drug and alcohol status compliance and downgraded Commercial Driver Licenses or CDLs for noncompliance. New Federal drug and alcohol clearinghouse status checks require state DMVs to notify when CDL drivers do not pass their drug or alcohol testing. All Wisconsin CDL drivers who are not in federal compliance will have their commercial driving privilege downgraded until they clear their record with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. With a license downgrade operating a commercial vehicle is illegal. The commercial driver’s regular driving privilege will not be impacted. More information regarding the new rule and process can be found online.
(Wisconsin) The Administrator for the State’s Division of Trade and Consumer Protection says there are no miracle workers out there that can fix negative statements on your credit record or improve your credit score. Michelle Reinen says scammers will claim they can on websites and social media. She says the methods they use to do that could include using stolen Social Security numbers or convincing you to apply for Employer Identification Numbers from the IRS under false pretenses-which could result in fines or even prison time. They may just present you with letter templates you can send to credit reporting agencies asking to remove the information, which you could get from the Federal Trade Commission for free. She says if the information in your credit report is accurate it can’t be removed no matter how negative it is. She says red flags to watch out for include asking you to pay up front, warning you not to contact the credit bureaus directly, advising you to dispute credit report information that you know is accurate, and asking you to lie on your credit or loan applications, or file a false identity report.
