Law enforcement officials in Harris County are warning about a surge in cryptocurrency scams targeting residents. Scammers impersonate law enforcement officers and threaten arrest warrants related to missed jury duty, pressuring victims to pay with cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to avoid being taken into custody.
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“They’ll use a spoofed number that’s probably traced, you could trace it back to the agency. They use a name of an actual officer that’s working because they’ll find out our directory and get a good name. So they have all the information of officers that are actually working and use these names to trick people,” Alanis said.
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