The California Highway Patrol has issued a Scam Alert.

Phone scammers are posing as " Amber Alert " representatives and offering to " register " your children.. This is not how the Amber Alert system works. The scammers will ask for confidential information and to meet in your home. To be sure, the California Highway Patrol is the only agency in the state that has authority to request activation of the Amber Alert system and no pre-registration is required. Never provide personal information or answer calls from unknown or " possible scam, " numbers. If you are contacted by a scammer, report it to a local law enforcement agency.