CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — There is a new telephone scam on the market that seems so actual that one Campbell County woman has misplaced a few of her financial savings.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Division mentioned that the pretend arrest warrants are what make this scam really feel reliable.
One Campbell County woman mentioned that she did not know what arrest warrants regarded like, so she actually thought they have been actual.
“They took an additional step into creating legitimacy,” Main, L.T. Guthrie, mentioned.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Workplace sees scams usually, however this one is totally different. These victims obtained a name from somebody claiming to be a Campbell County officer.
They inform the victims that they’re below arrest and ship arrest warrants with the sufferer’s identify.
“And requested them to pay a certain quantity of money in order that they’d not be arrested,” Main, L.T. Guthrie, mentioned.
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One sufferer mentioned the scammers advised her to pay this money by means of Bitcoin. She mentioned they walked her by means of the method of going to the financial institution to get the money and driving to the fuel station to the bitcoin machine.
The woman mentioned that the concern of being arrested overtook her, and he or she did not notice that it was a scam till after she had already given them money.
“We’re actually exhausting all our investigative efforts into making an attempt to discover out who the scammer could also be, the place they reside, and take any motion we might have the ability to,” Main, L.T. Guthrie, mentioned.
Virginia delegate Eric Zehr has been engaged on a invoice that may help victims of scammers.
“The concept of which was to purchase folks time. as a result of usually occasions while you hold up the telephone, of us notice one thing wasn’t proper about that transaction. This might give them time to report that transaction,” Zehr mentioned.
Whereas the invoice did not go final 12 months, Zehr mentioned that he will likely be re-presenting it when the session begins in January.
“We have to do one thing to assist these of us and put an finish to this type of fraud,” Zehr mentioned.
Main Guthrie says that they may by no means serve anybody warrants over the telephone, and if something feels suspicious to at all times name the authorities.
