The Fairfield Glade Police Department teamed up with Fairfield Glade Neighborhood Watch Coalition for a scam seminar at The Center on Oct. 3, to inform residents on the new and developing scams they are seeing right now.
“These people are good at what they do,” said FGPD Capt. Mark Rosser, who added residents should be extra cautious about giving out their personal and financial information.
“It happens all the time,” Rosser continued. “Criminals are going to be criminals.”
Some of the scams residents learned about were identity theft scams, grandparent scams, online dating scams, money wiring scams, gift card scams, phishing scams, relationship scams and computer scams.
He told of scam reports that had come across his desk recently, ranging in losses from $500 to $500,000. One such scam investigation report was a lady fell victim to a relationship scam where a man took advantage of her caring and exploited her trust. He told her he was in the oil business and had to make payroll and needed equipment for work. She sent him everything she had and more. She even took a mortgage out on her home.
He scammed her out of well over $700,000.
“These are sad stories. These are the things that ruin people’s lives,” Rosser said. “Some [scams] are annoyances, but ones like this ruin people’s…
