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Originally Posted by The Gazette
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is urging the public to remain vigilant with the emergence of a new phone scam. The phone scam involves calls from someone — sometimes automated — claiming to be a deputy from the sheriff’s office. The scammer informs victims that to avoid arrest they must send money or gift cards.
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Sounds like a pretty transparent scam to me. Of course, I never answer the phone to numbers I don't know, anyway, so scams don't even get in.