Scammers Fleeced 3 Norfolk County Residents Out Of Nearly $22K In 2 Weeks: Cops

Three Norfolk County residents were scammed out of nearly $22,000 in just two weeks by grifters posing as employees of the sheriff's office, police said.

"We are off to a tough start to the new year when it comes to people falling victim to grifters pretending to work for the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office," the office said in a Facebook post.

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"In the last two weeks, three people have come forward after losing a combined $21,900 to scam calls," the post said.

The sheriff's office stressed that no one affiliated with it or a local police department makes calls threatening to arrest residents unless they come up with money.

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"It does not happen," the post said. "Hang up the phone."

The most recent resident to fall prey to the fake cop con was a Quincy man who said he sent $6,000 via a bitcoin kiosk in Norwood to a caller claiming to represent the sheriff's office, according to the post.

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The caller told the Quincy man to cough up the cash because he was wanted on an “outstanding warrant," the post said.

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Last week, a Milford woman sent $3,900 to a person claiming to work for the sheriff's office after she was threatened with “arrest” for “missed jury duty," according to the post, and on Dec. 29, a Quincy woman was "duped out of $12,000 in the same type of 'missed jury duty' scam."

Sadly, it’s the continuation of a scam we have been warning about for months," the post said. "Please, hang up and end any call you get like this, and report it to us or your local police."

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