The Canfield Police Department wants residents to be aware of a possible scam in the area.

Police say they have received some calls about scam phone calls involving Amazon.

A post on the police department’s Facebook page includes the following information about the nature of the  calls:

"Hi This is an automated call from Amazon, we are suspicious cause we have received an order AMZXUTIZ for iPhone 11 cost price is 1049 pounds from your card number which has recently been used with Amazon Account

Press 1 if you ordered or press 2 if you want to speak to the cancellation officer regarding this order"

Police are asking residents to be cognizant of some of the signs of a scam and be cautious when they receive an unsolicited call or email and not provide sensitive information over the phone or email when in doubt.

Any of the following “red flags” should signal a scam:

You are asked to wire money.

You are sent a check in connection with a payment request. Con artists often win their victims’ confidence by sending a fake check for more than the amount of purchase or to cover so-called processing fees, shipping costs, or other expenses. It may be a cashier’s check, personal check, or money order. They instruct the victim to cash the check or money order and send them a portion of the money by wire. Read more about fake check scams.

The contact indicates a confirmation code or money transfer control number (MTCN) is needed before your money can be withdrawn. This is a blatant lie. Once you wire money, it can be picked up immediately.

A caller or email appears to originate from overseas. The email message may be full of typing errors.

The person communicates via TTY service. TTY is used by the hearing impaired. Cons prefer the service because it disguises thick accents and makes calls untraceable. Follow-up correspondence is by email.