A new phone scam is going around in Lorain County. The fraudsters are spoofing the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office’s phone number and impersonating Captain Robert Vansant.
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“We even had our own employee just yesterday one of our corrections officers fell victim to it and was actually looking for the major that they were portraying because he said he had received a message that he was needed for court,” Captain Vansant explained. “So, it can happen to anybody.
They even managed to convince the 53-year-old man he was under a gag order because the case involved minors and he couldn’t use any technology. He spent more than an hour on the phone with the crook.
SCAM PHONE SCAM LORAIN COUNTY SHERIFF's OFFICE CRIME
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