Bradenton residents are getting hit with a high-tech twist on an old scam: callers posing as local police, ordering people to pull out large amounts of cash and feed it into a so-called “government currency” machine. Today, Bradenton police urged residents to be on alert, stressing that while two of their officers do share the last name Sanchez, neither they nor any other officer would call from the department’s number and demand money. Anyone who gets one of these calls, the department said, should hang up, contact their bank, and report the incident.
Bradenton PD’s Alert
According to the Bradenton Police Department, scammers have been spoofing the department’s non-emergency line (941-932-9300), dropping the names of real officers and strong-arming…..