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Phone scam targets resident with fake bank call

Herbster, WI - 6/11/2026 01:47 PM

As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies received a report near Herbster of a possible phone scam in which a caller falsely claimed to be from a bank and said there was fraud on the victim’s account. The victim did not provide personal information and later confirmed with their own bank that it appeared to be a scam, which was then reported to the sheriff’s office.

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Sawyer WI Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Bayfield 229, fraud call.
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So, 229 received a call from (name withheld).
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She said (number withheld) Nash Extension up in Herpster, reporting that she had received from a male named (name withheld) claiming to be with U.S.
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