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Scammers pose as Monterey County jail staff to seek payments from inmates’ families

Authorities are warning about a scam targeting relatives of inmates at the Monterey County Jail, saying callers posing as sheriff’s employees are demanding payments for fake early-release programs. In a statement, Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said family members of prisoners at the county jail had been receiving calls from people claiming to work for […] The post Scammers pose as Monterey County jail staff to seek payments from inmates’ families appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Scammers pose as Monterey County jail staff to seek payments from inmates’ families, Authorities are warning about a scam targeting relatives of inmates at the Monterey County Jail, saying callers posing as sheriff’s employees are demanding payments for fake early-release programs. In a statement, Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said family members of prisoners at the county jail had been receiving calls from people claiming to work for […] The post Scammers pose as Monterey County jail staff to seek payments from inmates’ families appeared first on Local News Matters .

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