Ogdensburg police are warning residents of an apparent telephone scam.

Police were notified Tuesday at 2:40 p.m. that a male with a “heavy accent” called a resident and told him that “your computer is very important” even though the resident had no computer. The caller hung up. The source of the call was identified as 202-011-3341 in the District of Columbia.

Police urge everyone never to give out personal information over the phone if unsure of the caller and to report all suspicious calls by notifying them at 393-1551.

Thousands of readers like you have made Northern New York Newspapers the number one ranked website* for local news and sports coverage in the north country.

You can continue on to this article in a few seconds, or you can visit one of our websites:

• Watertown Daily Times
• The Ogdensburg Journal
• Daily Courier-Observer