Fraud attempt using fake FBI agent at Walgreens, Alamosa CO
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FraudPolice responded to a report at Walgreens where an elderly woman was approached by someone falsely claiming to be an FBI agent and asked to buy Amazon gift cards as part of a case.
Audio|Heard on: San Luis Valley Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
00:46
Transcript:
00:00
Can you copy for a broad call?
00:02
Good. It's going to be for Walgreens, a (name withheld) called in, stating that there was an elderly female.
00:09
Her name is (name withheld).
00:11
The information she was able to get about her is that she said that she used to own the comforted in Mwana Vista.
00:17
She has her husband's phone number, which is going to be...
00:24
(number withheld).
00:25
She does talk some physical descriptions, but she says that she came in stating that an FBI agent had come to her house and asked her to put money on a bunch of Amazon cards in regards to a case, to help with a case.
00:40
Is she there now? She has left.
00:44
I'll call that number.
00:45
Copy thank you, 1139.
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Location mentioned:
Main St, Alamosa, CO 81101
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