> Tampa man details 'sophisticated' scam call in viral post
Tampa man details 'sophisticated' scam call in viral post
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While shopping at a local Costco Friday afternoon, Joey Rosati got a call — on the line claimed to be a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy providing a name and badge number.
“'We are calling to notify you of contempt of court and failure to appear for jury duty.' The first thing that comes to my mind is that it’s definitely a scam,” Rosati recalled, adding it's not a notice he would miss.
However the “deputy” then started confirming his personal information, Rosati said he knew his full name, new address and last four digits of his Social Security number. Rosati also searched the number that called and it came up as HCSO.
“Then the kind of that the dagger was they asked, 'Have you moved in the last couple of weeks?' Well, yes, I have. They repeated that the summons would have arrived, and they give a specific date in April, which was, literally, the exact week that I had moved,” he explained.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/scam-call-hillsborough-sheriff/67-320d2103-7a2e-4e2b-aafa-7f26137acccf
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