The Athens-Clarke County Police Department sent out a special release Monday warning of a scam being made by way of cell phone.

According to the release:

We have had reports that individuals are being called on their cell phones by people posing as bank representatives. The victims are being told their debit cards have been compromised. The caller then request personal information from the card holder.

This is an attempt to gain identity information to be used to commit identity fraud. If you receive such a call and have doubts about the caller, contact your local bank to confirm the activity on your account before giving out any identifying information. Do not call the number that the caller attempts to give you for that number will ring back to the suspects.

Find your bank’s customer service number independent of the caller. Your bank’s customer service number should be located on the back of your bank card, on your monthly billing statement, the bank’s Web site, or the paperwork received when you opened your account.