Incident #: 2110031654
Type: SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY-NOT IN PROG
Time Received: 10/28/2021 10:58:31
Status: COMPLETE
Service: POLICE
NLCRPD Sector: L86 SECTOR 14 WARWICK TWP P867
Primary Agency: NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT
Responsible Unit: P86-7
Location: PLEASANT HILL DR
Municipality: WARWICK TOWNSHIP
Cross Streets: HOMESTEAD DR/ROLLING HILL DR
Latitude: 40.1492083496498
Longitude: -76.2390508786778

An alert Warwick Township resident turned the tables on a scammer and as a result avoided a loss of over three thousand dollars in cash. The NLCRPD completed the reporting of a suspicious activities event. This officer was dispatched to Pleasant Hill Drive. The reporting party reported that she was receiving text messages from the FBI requesting money. Reporting party began getting text messages from two unknown phone numbers. She stated that one person claimed to be a lawyer, and the other claimed to work for the FBI. She stated that the person who claimed to be from the FBI sent a picture of an FBI identification card. NLCRPD reviewed the picture, which appeared to be a google searched FBI picture with the name and personal information blurred out. She stated that the male claiming to be from the FBI requested that Cole send $3,000.00. Caller stated that she did not send the money, stopped responding, and decided to contact the police. Smart move – this is a scam and an instant savings of cash by the alert citizen.