Kirksville City officials alerted residents this Wednesday of a government impersonation scam, with fraudsters posing as officials to demand money from citizens.

In a Facebook post , Kirksville officials warned residents that people are impersonating the city’s Community and Economic Development Director, using a false email and a fake signature to request that people pay money to appear on the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting agenda.

Austin Miller is the communications director for Kirksville and said so far, no residents have lost money. But he encourages everyone to remain vigilant.

“We hadn't seen anything like that before that seems pretty sophisticated,” Miller said. “To be looking at publicly available documents, to then look for potentially vulnerable people that they

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