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Tips to avoid rental scams
Seaside Signal
Seaside fi refi ghter Roy Dague shows visitors outdoor rescue equipment at the Safety Fair.
Seaside Safety Fair a family-friendly event
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
easide’s fi rehouse and parking
lot were busy with visitors Satur-
day morning for the city’s annual
safety fair.
Division fi re chief Chris Dugan and
fi refi ghters greeted visitors of all ages
for a demonstration of equipment,
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safety information and family fun.
“Every year Safe Kids partners with all
the agencies, Medix, Seaside Police,
state police,” Dugan said. “All these
agencies come together to promote
safety in the community, everything
from pedestrian safety to fi re safety to
poison safety to power. We even got
Pacifi c Power with a display to talk
about safety at power lines.”
The event happens once a year in
Seaside, usually in May or June, he
said, with a similar event held in the
North County.
Seaside water rescue helps save two near Hug Point
responded to the incident,
along with Seaside Water Res-
cue and the U.S.Coast Guard.
Nehalem Bay Fire and
Rescue responded as a
standby to cover calls in
Cannon Beach.
Two members of Sea-
side’s rescue team entered
the water on jet skis, Win-
stanley said. “They were
having a great deal of dif-
fi culty even fi nding the
two people that were down
there,” he said.
One of the jet skiers stood
by while the other went in
with a swimmer and were
able to help get people off
the rocks onto the jet skis,
Winstanley added.
Responders towed the
two to shore amid high surf.
“The surf was high, and
jet skis were having their
own issues,” Winstanley
said. “He (Daniels) made it
sound like it’s an everyday
event, but it’s not.”
circumstances are reported.
warned of disorderly conduct.
May 5
12:45 p.m., S. Roosvelt: A per-
son is arrested on a warrant.
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Members of Seaside Fire
Department’s water res-
cue team played a key role
in the rescue of two peo-
ple stranded on the rocks
near Hug Point on Saturday
night.
Seaside Fire Chief Joey
Daniels said Monday water
rescue training “really worked
out” in saving a mother and
her 7-year-old child.
This was “not a simple
rescue,” City Manager Mark
Winstanley added at Mon-
day’s Seaside City Coun-
cil meeting. “It was in some
tough surf.”
The response came after
Cannon Beach Fire and Res-
Police report
May 2
12:52 p.m., Alpine Street: A
trash-scavenging bear is aid-
ed by police to return to the
wooded area.
10:41 a.m., The Cove: Police
respond to a caller concerned
about shoes found on the
beach, that they may belong to
someone in the water.
4:12 p.m., Police headquarters:
A person came in to register as
a sex off ender.
8:15 p.m., 13th Avenue: An
assault in the fourth degree is
reported.
May 3
3:18 a.m., N. Prom: A subject is
put on a mental hold by a po-
lice offi cer.
4:16 a.m., 1100 block Queen
Street: A subject is transported
to detox.
Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District
Seaside water rescue team members bring in two after they
were stranded near Hug Point.
cue received a call of the
woman and child in distress.
Cannon Beach Rural
Fire Protection District, led
by Chief Matt Benedict,
RESPONDER REPORTS
PUBLIC SAFETY LOGS
5:29 p.m., 2300 block Lewis
and Clark: Police responding
to a report of a person shoot-
ing a fi rearm advise subject she
needs to move to a county area
if she wants to continue shoot-
ing.
May 4
2:03 p.m., S. Prom: Caller re-
ports motel staff not treating
her as she believes she should
be treated. Caller advised this is
a civil matter and of the proper
use of 911.
6:45 p.m., 500 block S. Edge-
wood: Caller reports sex of-
fender loitering in the area.
Subject is advised of complaint
and said they would stay away
from the apartment complex.
9:51 p.m., The Cove: Suspicious
2:56 a.m., N. Holladay: A person
is arrested and charged with
driving while under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants.
7:01 p.m., 1000 block Broad-
way: Police respond to a report
of a disturbance, which turns
out to be civil in nature. Parties
are given options.
11:49 p.m., 500 block Beach
Drive: Police respond to a dis-
turbance.
May 6
11:35 p.m., Beach and Shilo
Inn: Police respond to a report
of someone airbending and
playing with fi re; subject con-
tacted. Subject agreed to quit
airbending.
With the busy tourist
season just around the cor-
ner, as well as the limited
availability of long-term
rentals in our area, Seaside
Police remind the commu-
nity that not everything on
the internet may be what
it appears — especially
when it comes to short
and long-term rental list-
ings found online. Rental
scams are a common issue
on Facebook, Craig’s List,
VRBO, Airbnb, and other
places you may be looking
for rentals online.
Scam listings often
steal photos, descrip-
tions, and other informa-
tion from pre-existing,
real rental listings. The
scam listings will make
their property appear to
be a better deal than other
listings in the area. Many
times, the false listings are
placed by people in other
countries, which make it
near impossible to adju-
dicate and/or get your
money back.
Tips to avoid being a
victim of a rental scam:
• Don’t wire money
or pay with a prepaid or
gift card for a vacation
rental. Once the scammer
collects the money, it is
almost impossible to get
it back. A legitimate prop-
erty owner will never ask
you to purchase gift cards
and send them photo-
graphs of the card number.
• Don’t be rushed into
a decision. If you receive
an email pressuring you
to make a decision on the
spot for a rental, ignore it
and move on.
• Look out for super
cheap rates for pre-
mium vacation proper-
ties. Below-market rent
can be a sign of a scam.
Do some extra research to
confi rm the deal is legit-
imate before jumping in
and consider calling the
Seaside Visitors Bureau
at 503-738-3097 for addi-
tional lodging research.
• Read carefully. When
suspects are located in
other countries, they will
often use an online trans-
lator for their commu-
nications. There will be
misspellings,
strange
wording, and other gram-
mar indications which
may indicate a false ad.
• Phone calls. If you
want to call the property
owner and they commu-
nicate telling you they
suddenly had to leave the
country and can’t call, call
at odd times of the day,
become angry when you
don’t immediately send
them money, you may be
looking at a scam listing.
If you are the vic-
tim of a rental scam you
can report it to your local
police department by call-
ing 503-738-6311 or to
the FBI’s Internet Crime
Complaint Center.
Public safety alerts via text
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instructed when necessary.
Saturday, May 25
Sou’Wester Plant Sale
holds its annual event.
Sunday, May 26
May 21-23
Pacifi c Northwest Region-
al Economic Conference
takes place.
Aloha Vietnamese Baptist
Church holds its gather-
ing.
11:19 a.m., 600 block S. Roos-
evelt: Emergency medical re-
sponse.
aday: Emergency medical re-
sponse.
May 3
May 6
1:40 p.m., McDonald’s: A per-
son is arrested on a warrant.
10:08 a.m., 2400 block High-
way 101: Emergency medical
response.
3:52 p.m., 800 block Necani-
cum: A person is arrested on a
warrant.
11:52 a.m., Forest Drive: Emer-
gency medical response.
3:22 p.m., 400 block Avenue A:
Emergency medical response.
May 8
3:30 p.m., 3100 block Sunset:
Chimney fi re.
May 7
9:59 a.m., 700 block Eleventh
Avenue: A person is arrested
on a warrant.
4:15 p.m., Avenue K: Fire inves-
tigation.
4:12 p.m., 900 block Second
Avenue: A person is arrested
for being in violation of a re-
straining order.
Fire log
7:17 a.m., 200 block 16th Ave-
nue: Fire investigation.
5:59 a.m., Forest Drive: Emer-
gency medical response.
9:03 p.m., 1700 12th Avenue:
Emergency medical response.
May 4
May 8
5:37 p.m., 1700 block 12th Av-
enue: Emergency medical re-
sponse.
11:31 a.m. 3600 block Highway
101: Emergency medical re-
sponse.
7:32 p.m., 700 block Broadway:
Emergency medical response.
May 2
May 7
8:50 a.m., 1300 block N. Holla-
day: Structure fi re.
May 5
3:22 a.m. N. Edgewood: Per-
sons causing a disturbance are
4:16 p.m., 1300 block N. Holl-
10:48 p.m., Estuary: Water res-
cue.
12:50 a.m., 800 block N. Holl-
aday: Emergency medical re-
sponse.
4:23 p.m., 600 block N. Wahan-
na: Fire investigation.
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