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By Jana Mathia
Colfax Daily Bulletin 

Fraudsters claim repeat victim

 

October 22, 2020



COLFAX - As if being the victim of scammers once wasn’t bad enough, citizens are now being targeted and falling prey to fraudsters using the information from the past scam.

Police Chief Bruce Blood reported recent fraud cases wherein the prey had been victimized about a year prior. The scammers used the information from that fraud to create credibility in the new scam. Scammers pose as officers of official agencies trying to help the victim reclaim their lost funds or catch the thieves.

“If it sounds too good to be true, it is,” Blood reiterated.

In one case, photos of FBI credenti...



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