After this summer’s slew of storms and flooding, Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications is warning residents to be wary of fraud and scams that can arise in the wake of disaster.

Twice since August, city, state and federal officials have gone door to door assessing homes for damage from several rounds of storms and subsequent flooding that swept through the city. However, officials are not currently conducting damage assessments and are warning residents that any home visits, emails or calls regarding flooding assistance are likely a scam, OEMC said.

Officials advised all affected residents to watch for any suspicious activity and report it by contacting the Chicago police’s nonemergency line at 311 or the Illinois attorney general’s office’s consumer fraud hotline a

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