The Brief
- Law enforcement responded to reports of an ATM robbery in progress in Carlsborg, Washington overnight.
- The two individuals who were breaking the ATM open were actually employees of the business.
- They told officers that the business owner called them and directed them to break the ATM and prepare the cash for an “emergency pickup”.
CARLSBORG, Wash. – Police are warning business owners to stay alert after a scammer nearly convinced two Clallam County employees to break into their own ATM and prepare the cash for an “emergency pickup.”
The backstory:
According to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, officers initially responded to a potential ATM robbery in progress but later realized the employees were being targeted by a scammer after speaking to the suspect over the phone.…