The Cabool Police Department handled five traffic stops from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1 that resulted in five summonses issued.
On Jan. 28, a female victim came to the Cabool Police Department after allegedly being scammed out of $31,651. The suspect represented himself as a representative of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the victim believed she was being targeted for identity theft. The money was sent to an address in California via next day mail.
This is the second similar incident in the past two weeks, officers said. The first victim did not send the money.
“Please be aware if the caller is asking that you withdraw large sums of money and send it as cash, wire transfer, pre-purchased credit cards or re-depositing the money into specialized ATMs, this is more than likely fraud,” said the department. “The suspect will also generally tell the victim to advise the banks they are making a home or vehicle purchase when they are withdrawing the money.”
The following calls were handled by officers: animal complaints (6), assisting other agencies (5), accidents (1), alarms (1), burglary (1), domestic situations (1), juvenile matters (2), peace disturbances (1) and assisting the public (6).