Fostoria Residents Targeted By Phone Scams

8/8/17 – 5:15 A.M.

Three Fostoria residents were targets of phone scams late last week. The Review-Times reports one person lost $500 in one of the scams. The man told police he got a phone call from someone offering him a loan. The caller said to get the money the victim needed to buy a $500 iTunes Gift Card and call back with the numbers. The man did what the caller asked, and found out it was a scam afterward.

A second resident said she got a call from someone claiming to work for the IRS. She ignored the call. Scammers asked the final potential victim if they could provide a social security number of someone who lived in the house, but died five years ago.

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