The Urbana Police Department issued a warning on Thursday regarding a new scam that falsely informs individuals they have outstanding warrants for their arrest.
According to the department, multiple reports were received on April 16 about fraudulent calls originating from phone numbers associated with both the Urbana Police and the City of Urbana. Authorities stressed the importance of public awareness about phone number spoofing, a technique scammers use to disguise their calls as coming from legitimate city numbers.