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Fraud Alert: How Scammers Are Now Impersonating City Governments

Planning departments are rethinking digital security as a swarm of imposters scrape public records to send clients fake invoices.

January 29, 2026

By Patrick Sisson

Planning departments are rethinking digital security as a swarm of imposters scrape public records to send clients fake invoices.

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