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The Belington Police has issued a warning about a spam email purportedly from the Belington Police department.



According to The Exponent Telegram, an account of a police officer has been hacked by cyber criminals and sent around 500 emails from the hacked account.



Sgt. J.L. Hymes told the exponent Telegram that the email will ask recipients to donate money saying it is for a child in Ukraine.



Hymes said police will contact the recipients either in person or by phone. They also provided a department contact number ((304) 823-1613), in case the residents want to verify any police contact.

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