Avon police say scammers posing as law enforcement cost a woman $16,000

Hendricks County Woman Scammed out of $16K in Phone Fraud

Source: towfiqu ahamed / Getty HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. — The Avon Police Department says a woman was scammed out of $16,000 by people posing as law enforcement officers over the phone. Avon Police say the victim was initially pressured to pay $25,000 to clear what scammers claimed was an active arrest warrant for missing jury duty. The scammers convinced her to hand over 16-thousand dollars before she realized it was a fraud and called police. Of…

Avon police say scammers posing as law enforcement cost a woman $16,000

AVON, Ind. (WISH) – A woman was tricked into paying $16,000 to scammers posing as law enforcement over the phone, according to the Avon Police Department.  There’s an ongoing phone scam targeting locals, the department warned on social media, involving callers posing as police or as an official from Hendricks County Courts.  Police say these scam callers will tell the person who answers there’s a warrant for their arrest because of missed jury d…