
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, October 27, 1995                   TAG: 9510270053
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-15   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

CALLS FROM POLICE COALITION ARE SCAM

Groups claiming to represent law enforcement organizations are unlawfully making telephone solicitations, according to local police.

On behalf of groups they identify as the Terry Griffith Memorial Fund, the Virginia Police Officers Association or the Police Coalition, callers have asked citizens in Blacksburg and Christiansburg to donate amounts from $35 to $1,000 by check.

Police say they're not involved in any of the solicitations.

They advise anyone contacted by the scammers to call Blacksburg police at 961-1150 or Christiansburg police at 382-3131, particularly if they retrieved the phone number by caller ID.

by CNB