Inventive Scams Entrap Otsego County Elderly By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An 88-year-old Laurens woman got a call, purportedly from Cooperstown Police: Her granddaughter had been in an accident, she was fine, but her car had been impounded and she needed $4,000 in cash to get it out. The woman was instructed to wrap the money in a sweater and mail it to Staten Island. She did so, shipping the package overnight from The Shipping Room…
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‘IRS Calls’ A Scam, Chief Says COOPERSTOWN – Five Cooperstown senior citizens have reported receiving calls in recent days from people claiming to be IRS agents, according to Police Chief Michael Covert. The callers claim payments must be made immediately or an arrest warrant will be issued. “It’s a scam,” he said. The scam, which was detailed in a talk given by Aiesha Battle, director of the Division of Consumer Protection, Oct. 23 in Oneonta and Cooperstown, is one of many that…
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