Scare Tactic Scam is Making the Rounds in Massachusetts

Scams continue to circulate throughout Massachusetts. You may remember in a previous article, we wrote about the “Grandparent Scam” that was going around the Bay State. That particular scam involved con artists calling elderly individuals, pretending to be grandchildren. The scenario looks like this, the scammer tells the grandparent that he or she has been in some type of trouble and needs the grandparent to send money right away in order to resolve the issue. Of course, this is fake, and low and behold the grandparent has been scammed out of large sums of money. You can read more about the “Grandparent Scam” by going here.

Another Scam is Making the Rounds in Massachusetts and This Time it Involves the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office

The latest scam that is happening as of late was recently reported by the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office. The incidents involved individuals acting as officers but of course, this was bogus as the…