The City of Radford Police Department is urging local citizens to be wary in the wake of a fraud incident in which the victim was contacted by suspects pretending to be members of the Radford City Police Department and Radford City Sheriff’s Office.
Contacted by telephone, the victim was instructed to go to various businesses and purchase pre-paid credit cards, then provide the card numbers to the suspect in order to avoid prosecution and arrest.
The police department and the sheriff’s department remind Radford’s citizens that law enforcement personnel will never request payment over the phone to clear arrest warrants. Caller ID can mimic a legitimate number when in fact the call is fraudulent.
Law enforcement personnel urge citizens suspecting a telephone scam to report the call to the local police department, the sheriff’s office, and the federal trade commission at ftc.gov.
