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Coffee County summit warns of rising scams; TBI agent outlines simple steps and local resources
Summary
At a Fraud Prevention Awareness Summit at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza, local law enforcement, bankers and a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation cyber agent described recent scams (jury‑duty, romance, wire/ATM, crypto) and urged residents to freeze credit, verify transactions and use local resources such as SafeSeniorTN and deed‑fraud alerts.
Coffee County leaders and fraud‑response partners urged residents to take basic precautions after a series of presentations and case studies at a Fraud Prevention Awareness Summit at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza.
Sheriff Chad Parton opened the session and said the county has seen a steady stream of victims this year, calling the problem "very important to me" after recounting both municipal and personal losses. "We all want this to stop, and we all wanna educate our loved ones," he said.
The summit centered on concrete examples: Investigator Jonathan Anthony described local cases in which victims were coaxed into sending money through romance schemes, QR codes or phone intimidation. In one investigation he described to the audience, family members together invested about $225,000 after an online contact offered apparent investment returns; in another case a resident moved funds from a local Coffee County bank account to an out‑of‑county ATM…
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