Great Barrington — For over a year, the town has redacted public information in informational packets for meetings. Redacted at various times have been addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of various companies and residents applying for permits, along with redactions in municipal communications. “Scammers have been using personal contact information obtained from publicly available application materials to impersonate municipal staff and send fraudulent invoices requesting payment by wire transfer,” Hartsgrove said. This unfortunate incident also highlights why the town has been redacting personal contact information from agenda packets and application materials before they are posted online.” Back on March 9, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the phishing scam, and that victims had been identified nationwide.