The scammers offer to "register" children for the AMBER Alert system, ask for confidential information and try to meet at victims' homes, officials said.

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CHP officials said scammers are posing as “AMBER Alert representatives” and contacting parents with an offer to register their children in a database in the event that the child goes missing or is taken. These scammers are also requesting personal information and even requesting meetups at parents’ homes.

The California Highway Patrol is warning the public to beware of fraudsters posing as "AMBER Alert representatives" offering to "register" children.

The con-artists are calling parents to register their children in the program, but that information is being used to steal personal information.

Phone scammers are posing as Amber Alert representatives to register children to the abduction emergency system, the California Highway Patrol warned Sunday. The Templeton division of the agency said scammers have asked for personal information and offered to meet at peoples’ homes to sign their children up for the alerts.

CHP is warning Californians of a new scam involving AMBER Alerts.CHP says the scammers are calling phones and posing as “AMBER Alert representatives”, offering

CALIFORNIA -- The California Highway Patrol is warning residents of an AMBER Alert scam. According to a Facebook post from CHP, scammers are posing as "AMBER Alert representatives" and telling parents they will register their children. They then ask for confidential information and to go to the parents' homes.