The Oregon Department of Justice and the Oregon State Police are warning citizens to be on the alert for two police impersonation scams that have recently surfaced – the counterfeiting con and the unpaid traffic scam.
Counterfeiting Cons
In this con, scammers call individuals at home claiming to be a police officer conducting an investigation of counterfeit money. They ask you to withdraw cash so that they can “inspect” it.
The bogus officer then disappears…