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Chatham County detective: Scams are ‘getting smarter’ — experts urge caution against urgency and impersonation
Summary
A Chatham County police detective described an uptick in fraud schemes that use phone calls, emails and fake alerts; she urged residents to avoid acting on urgent demands and to verify contacts independently. The transcript shows inconsistent spelling of the detective's name (Kiara/Keanna Robbins).
"Scams are getting smarter, more convincing, and harder to predict," the interviewer said in introducing a series about fraud targeting residents. The host then introduced "detective Kiara Robbins" of the Chatham County Police Department (the transcript later uses the variant spelling "Keanna").
Robbins said she is "a detective with the police department" with about four years of experience and that she frequently handles financial crimes. "From my perspective, scam is just, I guess you…
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