PANAMA CITY - The Bay County Sheriff’s Office will hold an Identity Theft seminar on Scams and Scammers this Thursday evening at First Baptist Church on Harrison Avenue, Panama City, officials wrote in a news release.
Fraud is the fastest growing classification of crime in the United States and identity theft is the fastest growing type of fraud, they added. Fraud investigators Paul Vecker and Craig Romans from the Criminal Investigations Division of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office will present information on the various types of fraud and different scams that are currently circulating in the Bay County area, including mortgage fraud.
"Arm yourself with the information you need to prevent becoming a victim of scams and frauds," the news release states.
The Identity Theft seminar is free and open to the public and begins at 6pm this Thursday at First Baptist Church on Harrison Avenue, downtown Panama City.