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April 26, 2021 1:33 PM Connor Sarles
SPOKANE, Wash. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an ongoing phone scam where criminals pretend to be a member of the Sheriff’s Office, calling to demand money and threatening victims with arrest.
The Sheriff’s Office says they, or any government agency or court, will never call and demand money, especially to get someone out of going to jail.
Most recently, authorities say the scammer claims to be “Sergeant Lance,” spoofing their phone number on caller ID so it looks like victims are actually getting a call from the Sheriff’s Office. The scammer then claims the victim failed to appear for a summons and now has a warrant for their arrest.
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March 4, 2021 11:52 AM Connor Sarles
OLYMPIA, Wash. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 40 attorneys general have shut down a telemarketing scheme that spammed people with more than 1.3 billion robocalls, fining them $495,000 to be paid to legitimate charities.
In Washington alone, people were harassed by more than 1.7 million robocalls from the two companies involved in the scheme Associated Community Services (ACS) and Directele which operated under the pretenses of raising money for charity.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office says they instead “pocketed 90 cents of every dollar” they claimed to raise.
ACS and Directele told people they called they promoted organizations that claimed to support homeless veterans, house fire victims, breast cancer patients, children with autism and more. These organizations would then only receive a fraction of the donation, in many cases as little as 10%.