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Scammer threatens woman to pay bitcoin at gas stationElliston VA

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Near N Fork Rd, Elliston, VA 24087

A woman at a gas station is being scammed by someone pretending to be from the sheriff's office. The scammer threatened her with arrest to force her to pay money using a Bitcoin machine.

Audio|Source: Montgomery County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Respond to stop-in 145 Shell Station, near North Fork Rd, cross the peddler, and Enterprise, reference fraud[1].
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Reporting Party Advice's wife is being scammed by someone claiming to work in Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, go by a Ricky Aiken subject.
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They stated that if she went to the Sheriff's Office, she would be arrested.
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She's now feeding money into a Bitcoin machine at the Shell Station.
Police codes explained
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[1]
fraud: Deceptive scam for financial gain

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Near N Fork Rd, Elliston, VA 24087
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