What do you know about Fairfield Police Warn of Phone Scam After Victim is Defrauded Out of Thousands?

"The Fairfield Police Department (FPD) is warning the community of a phone scam wherein the suspects are using the main public phone number for the Fairfield Police Department to help perpetrate their fraud.

The department was contacted on Monday by a resident who was defrauded out of $3,100.

According to the police department's description of the scam, the unknown suspects contacted the victim by phone claiming to be with the FBI and telling the victim that a car was recovered with blood and a large amount of money in it that they claimed was registered to the victim. The callers then told the victim that they were working with the FPD, and that they would have the FPD contact the victim to confirm this."

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/west-essex/articles/fairfield-police-warn-of-phone-scam-after-victim-is-defrauded-out-of-thousands

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