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Woman scammed by fake officer loses $5000, Portage IN

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Near Sunnyside, Portage, IN 46368

A woman received calls from a scammer pretending to be a law enforcement officer. She then withdrew five thousand dollars from her account. She was driving a black Subaru near Sunnyside.

Audio|Source: Porter County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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At this location, it's getting weird texts from her advising that she's on a gag order from officers.
00:05
Also, there's been recent withdrawal five thousand dollars taken from their account.
00:10
She's been in a black Subaru.
00:11
Two point twenty.
00:16
One point seven nine four zero, can you check the orders between the two? No far.
00:21
Evens around the same was saying, caller's advising that his wife was at the YMCA and Valpo an hour ago advising that she had jury duty and there was a warrant out for her arrest.
00:31
Pam's name should be (name withheld).
00:34
There for a twenty eight, I'm ten twenty twos.
00:37
Go ahead. The Indiana guy,
00:39
Adam, Zubra, Adam, eight seven eight, AZA-8, eight seven eight, black Subaru Ascent.
00:45
How far?
00:46
Dispect to (name withheld)?
00:47
Ten four, I'll be out of that.
00:48
Tomer.
00:49
Two twenty, ten, twenty.
00:50
Twenty. Two, twenty.
00:51
Portage Rata one and Portage Rescue two.
00:55
Priority four.
00:56
Sick person at five nine three two, Home Run Avenue.
00:59
Time of 1037.
01:01
White team out of Indiana, last name (name withheld), John, Adam, Charles, Ocean, Boys, Sam Ocean, Nora, first name (name withheld), Adam, Sam, Henry, Lincoln, Edward, Young, middle initial E.
01:14
Edward, date birth, seven twenty two, eighty eight.
01:16
She's valid for a lady.
01:17
Simple. What is 1912?
01:18
One eighty two. One eighty two.
01:19
Just for forty three, it sounds like she was on the phone with a scammer claiming to be a law and person officer.
01:25
That's why she went through the cash.
01:26
Trevor.

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Near Sunnyside, Portage, IN 46368
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