CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Detectives with the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said a quick-thinking family member and a coordinated law enforcement effort helped stop an 82-year-old person from losing thousands of dollars to a scam targeting the elderly.
On Oct. 6, detectives were alerted to a fraud in progress involving an elderly victim who had been called by someone claiming to be an attorney representing their son in a criminal case.
The scammer reportedly demanded over $20,000 in cash for legal assistance, even using a man crying in the background to make the ruse more convincing…