A scam threatening to terminate water services is circulating in Hiawatha Kan. according to police.

The Hiawatha Police Department is warning residents of a local scam attempt. According to a post on Facebook over the weekend the department said a local business received a call advising them that they were given orders from the City of Hiawatha to terminate water service and they could avoid this termination if they went to the payment center at Wal-Mart.

“While following up on the above attempt we had a second area local business contacted attempting the same scam with them and this time they advised they could take a credit card. Neither attempt to scam money from them was successful,” police said.

The department reminds individuals never to give out personal information or to send in a money order to pay for a bill.

“No local government entity is going to call you in the middle of the weekend asking you to give out your personal information or to go send a money order to pay your bills,” police advised.

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