Hundreds of dollars. For someone to call on high home and violate me like this. And didnt want us to use her real name. I was just like in shock, and couldnt believe this happened to me. Reporter it all started with a voice message left on her home phone. From a man identifying himself as sergeant jackson, with the San Francisco sheriffs department. He said, well, were going to have a warrant out for your arrest. You failed to appear for jury duty. Reporter the man instructed her to buy a prepaid cash card in the amount of 480 at her local pharmacy. He had ann call him back with the cash cards account number, allowing him to access her money. The man told her, she could get her money back when she appeared in court. I believed it. I didnt want to go to jail. Reporter she realized she had been scammed when she went to court the next day, and told she hadnt been summoned for jury duty. It hurts that someone would call on my home phone and lie to me. Reporter we called the number the man
Works. Reporter the woman tells me, she received a phone call, she bought a cash card, and within an hour, she was out hundreds of dollars. For someone to call on high home and violate me like this. And didnt want us to use her real name. I was just like in shock, and couldnt believe this happened to me. Reporter it all started with a voice message left on her home phone. From a man identifying himself as sergeant jackson, with the San Francisco sheriffs department. He said, well, were going to have a warrant out for your arrest. You failed to appear for jury duty. Reporter the man instructed her to buy a prepaid cash card in the amount of 480 at her local pharmacy. He had ann call him back with the cash cards account number, allowing him to access her money. The man told her, she could get her money back when she appeared in court. I believed it. I didnt want to go to jail. Reporter she realized she had been scammed when she went to court the next day, and told she hadnt been summoned