Callers are threatening victims with arrest if they don't pay to get out of the legal trouble they didn’t know they had. Here's what to know. 📢
The Oceanside Police Department is scrambling to get the word out about a scam targeting families they are sworn to protect.Capt. John McKean with the police department said he was at a movie theater when he learned someone was impersonating him to scam people out of their money. The caller threatened victims with arrest if they didn’t pay to get out of the legal trouble they didn’t know they had. Anything from unpaid tickets to warrants was used to convince their targets.
Capt. John McKean with the Oceanside Police Department is upset at a scammer that pretends to be him.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. “If they didn’t pay in gift cards, then they were going to be arrested. The police would go to their house and make an arrest,” he said, adding that names of other actual officers have also been used to scam people out of their money. Additionally, the scam spoofed the number of the police department, so the call seems legit when it pops on the victims' phones.
He said the caller was so convincing that he scared a young lady so much that she took thousands of dollars to pay them. McKean said he feels terrible for the victims and the harm it may cause to the trust and relationship between the police department and the community.
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