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Cochise County sheriff and staff warn of phone spoofing scams targeting older residents
Summary
Hosts and the sheriff's office described rising phone scams that impersonate the sheriff's office, urging residents not to make immediate payments and praising banks that intervene; one caller nearly withdrew $10,000 to buy Bitcoin before stopping.
Cochise County Sheriff's Office public-information staff warned listeners about aggressive phone scams that spoof the sheriff's office number and pressure victims to pay alleged fines or bonds.
Carol Campos described a recent case in which "a woman actually went to the bank and withdrew $10,000 and was ready to put it into, Bitcoin at a Bitcoin machine, and she finally had, like, a realization that something was not correct." The caller said the…
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