The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office warns public of a scam after man gathers money to help, what he believed to be, his granddaughter in trouble and gives money to a courier.
A report on this scam occurred on Thursday, June 25, at 2:23 p.m., when a deputy was called to a home in Grafton Village for a complaint of fraud, according to a press release from Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Upon arrival, Layug was told that the resident had received a phone call from a woman claiming to be his granddaughter, according to police.
According to the sheriff's office, the resident stated that the caller ID identified the number as “private”. The suspect on the phone stated she was in jail for her involvement in a traffic accident. The suspect then passed the phone to a second voice.
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