Bath police warn of scam calls posing as government officials

Bath police warned residents after multiple people reported phone calls from scammers posing as government officials and trying to collect banking information. The callers falsely claimed ties to Sagadahoc County or the Department of Homeland Security and told victims their credit or bank accounts had been compromised, a pressure tactic meant to push people into confirming sensitive details on the spot.

The department said the calls were fraudulent and urged anyone who gets a similar call to hang up immediately and not share personal or financial information. The Maine Office of the Attorney General says Mainers should never give bank-account information to someone they do not know, and notes that banks and credit-card companies do not call out of the blue to confirm account details. The FBI has warned that spoofing and vishing scams are designed to trick people into giving up passwords, bank PINs and other account data.

Bath police said residents should also warn older relatives and anyone else who may be vulnerable to scams. That advice reflects how these schemes work: they rely on urgency, confusion and the sound of authority to keep targets from stopping to verify the call. The City of Bath says the Bath Police Department’s patrol division has 13 officers, a reminder that scam prevention has become part of the department’s day-to-day public-safety work as well as a financial one.

The warning came after multiple reports on Wednesday, June 17, and WGAN also reported numerous calls that day from people posing as government representatives and asking for banking information. The timing suggested the scam was circulating locally rather than surfacing as a one-off nuisance call. Bath police did not report any confirmed losses, but the cluster of complaints was enough to trigger a public alert across the city and beyond.

The pattern also fits a broader wave of impersonation fraud that has repeatedly landed in Maine. In March 2026, Bath police warned about another scam in which callers claimed there was a warrant and demanded payment through bitcoin or gift cards. The latest pitch uses a different official identity, but the same playbook: create fear, rush the victim, and extract money or account access before the call can be questioned.