Extortion scams targeting residents of Murfreesboro
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division (CID) fraud detectives are warning residents about a phone scam from callers claiming to be from Mexican cartels and threatening harm to residents and their families. The callers representing themselves as members of different Mexican cartels will typically call or send threatening text messages with gruesome photos of dismembered body parts to frighten residents into sending money or be killed.&nbs ...