Fox 32 reported:
CHICAGO - The Cook County Sheriff's Office is warning of a surge in telephone and email phishing scams where individuals pose as a sheriff's office employee to defraud victims.
Scammers — utilizing actual employee names and titles — are coercing victims into providing personal and financial details, or making payments via prepaid debit cards, gift cards, or third-party money apps.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said his employees do not solicit immediate compliance or payments via phone or email.
CHICAGO - The Cook County Sheriff's Office is warning of a surge in telephone and email phishing scams where individuals pose as a sheriff's office employee to defraud victims.
Scammers — utilizing actual employee names and titles — are coercing victims into providing personal and financial details, or making payments via prepaid debit cards, gift cards, or third-party money apps.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said his employees do not solicit immediate compliance or payments via phone or email.
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