Another Alexandria resident has fallen victim to scammers pretending to represent the Sheriff’s Office this fall, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
A woman was scammed out of $5,000 following interactions with suspects claiming to represent the Sheriff on Oct. 9, just three days after another resident was scammed out of $4,600 through a similar situation.
At around 1:20 p.m. Oct. 9, the woman told police that she got a call from a phone number with a 706 area code. She said that a male on the phone claimed to work for the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, confirmed to the victim her name and address and told her that she had “several federal charges” against her, according to the affidavit…