PHONE SCAMMER OFFERS $600 IN EXCHANGE FOR $1500 AND GETS IT

 

CROSSVILLE POLICE DEPT. REPORT:

ON 10-23-21 I SPOKE TO THE (55-YEAR-OLD VICTIM) BY PHONE WHO SAID THAT ON 10-22-21 AT APPROX 1630 HRS SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MALE SUBJECT WHO STATED HE WAS WITH CHARTER/SPECTRUM. (VICTIM) STATED SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE HAD A $600.00 DOLLAR REFUND AND SHE NEEDED TO GO GET THREE $500.00 DOLLAR VANILLA VISA GIFT CARDS SO THEY COULD PROCESS HER REFUND. SHE STATED SHE WENT TO CVS AND PURCHASED THE $1,500.00 DOLLARS IN GIFT CARDS AND GAVE THE MALE ON THE PHONE THE NUMBERS ON THE CARDS. SHE STATED SHE IS GOING TO CONTACT HER BANK AND THAT SHE CONTACTED THE VANILLA VISA CARDS AND FILED A DISPUTE CASE   SHE SAID THE DISPUTE COULD LAST UP TO NINETY DAYS. THE IDENTITY AND LOCATION OF THE CALLER IS UNKNOWN.