Sheriff’s Office warns

of fraudulent Amazon calls

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office has recently received several complaints regarding fraudulent phone calls in which the caller claims to be working for amazon.com.

The caller may indicate that there is a problem with a recent order, or some other issue with the customer’s account and will ask for personal identifying information.

The phone numbers involved in these calls appear to be a local phone number.

the Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public to never share personal identifying information, including credit card information, social security numbers, user names, passwords, or any other personal identifying information over the phone or via email.

Pinochle scores reported in Fredonia

Fredonia Beaver Club scores for recent weeks have been announced:

¯ Oct. 21 – Fran Sullivan, 535; Donna Nickerson, 531; Double pinochle, Donna Nickerson; Peanuts, Gene Pauszek.

¯ Oct. 26 – Nancy Mosier, 505; Kathy Kamery, 501; Double pinochle, Betty Donovan; Peanuts, Phil Cornell.

¯ Oct. 28 – Nancy Mosier, 539; Kathy Kamery, 535; Peanuts, Barb Smith.

¯ Nov. 4 – Betty Donovan, 500; Fran Sullivan, 474; Double pinochle and peanuts, Donna Nickerson.

¯ Nov. 9 – Nancy Mosier, 541; Phil Cornell, 527; Peanuts, Fran Sullivan.

Global Banquet slated

for Nov. 18 at SUNY Fredonia

The sixth Global Banquet at the State University of New York at Fredonia, which raises money to support international student scholarships, will be held on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room.

It is open to students, faculty, staff and community members.

The buffet style dinner – representative of the home countries of Fredonia’s international students – will include: tabouli salad, seaweed salad, breaded pork chop, bulgogi, vegetable curry, vegetable dumplings, vegetable tempura, tiramisu and assorted beverages.

Performances by Fredonia students and a theme basket raffle will also be featured.

The banquet is hosted by International Student Services and is free to Fredonia students who have a ticket.

Tickets, for non-students, are $20 and are available at the Fredonia Ticket Office in the Williams Center. For information, call (716) 673-3501.