Medford Resident Loses $7,500 To Phone Scam Posing As Sheriff's Office

MEDFORD — A Medford resident lost $7,500 this week after falling victim to a phone scam in which the caller posed as a member of the Middlesex Sheriff's Office, according to a Patch report.

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"Medford Resident Reports Losing Thousands Of Dollars To Phone Scam": A Medford resident was scammed out of $7,500 by a caller impersonating a Middlesex Sheriff's Office official, Medford Patch reports. The outlet did not identify the victim or say whether the case remains under investigation (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/medford/medford-resident-reports-losing-thousands-dollars-phone-scam).

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