""They said that I had missed a court appearance and that I was supposed to be on this jury," White told Berkeleyside in a phone interview."
""Obviously now, kind of listening and hearing this story, it sounds crazy," White said."
""Sadly, this is not the first time I have heard a story like this," Berkeley police spokesperson Officer Byron White (no relation to Danielle White) wrote in an email."
"The scammers "are often out of the area - often using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone lines that can 'spoof' their true locations," Officer White said."
Danielle White, a 31-year-old Berkeley special education teacher, received a call claiming she had missed a court appearance and owed jury duties. Callers gave badge numbers, recorded the call, threatened arrest, and instructed her to deposit cash into cryptocurrency ATMs. Over 27 hours scammers isolated her, used fear, sound effects and fake identities, and extracted nearly $70,000 of her life savings. Berkeley police opened an investigation and noted the scheme matches a common fraud pattern; scammers frequently use VoIP phone lines to spoof locations, complicating efforts to catch perpetrators.
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