By Associated Press - Wednesday, July 12, 2017

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The State Bureau of Investigation in North Carolina is warning that its main phone number is being used in a scam to solicit money.

Assistant Director Chris Laws said in a news release that the agency would never contact residents to raise money. He says the agency is investigating.

Laws said anyone receiving a call asking for money for the SBI should just hang up the phone.



The agency’s main number being used in the scam is 919-662-4500.

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