(Audubon) The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office is reminding everyone to never give out your personal information over the phone after a scam occurred in Audubon County this weekend.
On March 21st, an Audubon County resident was contacted by phone asking if she had ordered a laptop computer on her Amazon account. The caller advised that the computer was sent to an address in New York. When she said no, she was transferred to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Protection. She was told to get $32,000 cash to help catch the fraud suspect.
She went to the bank and withdrew the cash, took a picture of the cash and sent it to the suspect. They later met in a parking lot of a local business where she gave him the money. The suspect was driving a black two-door Hyundai car with black tape holding the front passenger side bumper on. The interior of the car was also black. The victim did not see a license plate. The suspect is a middle eastern male with short black hair, around 35 years old.
On Friday and Saturday, a male caller claiming to be from the US Marshalls Office called the victim advising that he has the cash. He also wants her to buy some gold. The victim declined. The caller claims that there will be a warrant for her arrest for not cooperating.
The Audubon County Sheriff’s Department is working with the Division of Criminal Investigation, Fusion Center and the Attorney General-Consumer Protection Division.
