FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fort Bend County OEM
OEM@FortBendCountyTX.gov
Phone: 281-342-6185
Fax: 281-342-4798
Fort Bend County, TX - The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management has been in contact with numerous residents who have reported individuals coming into their homes posing as Federal Emergency Management Agency officials. At this time there are no FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams operating within Fort Bend County, but FEMA contractors may visit your home if you have already filed a claim with FEMA. If a resident has not filed a claim with FEMA, individuals visiting their home claiming to work for FEMA are likely to be scammers. These scammers may be advising residents to obtain loans, purchase home insurance coverage, purchase services, or worse.
If an individual comes to your home claiming to be from FEMA, demand to see identification. If they are not in a FEMA uniform and/or unwilling to show FEMA official identification, immediately dial 9-1-1. These scammers are dangerous.
The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management is working closely with state and federal officials from multiple agencies to assemble an organized program of assistance for residents. When assistance teams are available, you will receive communication from our office, and the assistance teams will be in uniform and carrying official identification.
If you are ever in doubt about services or assistance being offered, visit an official website of the organization the individual is claiming to be from, and call their official phone number to ask questions. Information printed on forms and brochures left behind by scammers may be factual, but may also be fraudulent. All FEMA and county disaster services are provided free of charge; you should never be asked to pay anything to complete applications or receive assistance from the government.
If you have already had somebody in your home or on your property claiming to be from FEMA and believe you are a victim of a scam, please call the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office by dialing 281-341-4704 and file a report.