"After two days of communicating with the scammer, she contacted the sheriff's office on Tuesday to follow up about the alleged warrant. "When the NCSO informed the woman that she was being scammed, she broke down and revealed she had already wired two payments to the scammer in the amounts of $20,500 and $6,500 and sent two other payments via Apple Pay in the amounts of $4,500 and $100," officials said."
"On Oct. 27, two victims in Sharon and Dedham paid scammers a combined $6,700 via Bitcoin kiosks in a "missing jury duty" scam, the sheriff's office said. "Please spread the word with your family and friends that sheriff's office and local police do not make calls like this," Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott said in a statement. "The callers may threaten you with jail, but you should just hang up and report the call to police. Do not share any personal information with these callers.""
A Weymouth resident wired and sent a total of $31,600 after interacting for two days with a caller impersonating a lieutenant and citing an arrest warrant. The caller received two wired payments of $20,500 and $6,500 and two Apple Pay transfers of $4,500 and $100. The incident followed unrelated scams on Oct. 27 in which two victims paid a combined $6,700 via Bitcoin kiosks in a missing jury duty scam. Norfolk County law enforcement warned that sheriff's and local police do not make such calls and advised hanging up, reporting the call, and not sharing personal information.
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