Scams are big business all across America, but sometimes it seems like Illinois gets more than its fair share.
And one of the latest examples is particularly creepy because the person supposedly making the call is someone most of us would never suspect of being involved in a criminal con game: the local Chief of Police.
Thanks to Patch.com for the inspiration for this one.
It All Got Started With A Phone Call
A Palos Park woman in her 70s recently began receiving calls from someone claiming to be Palos Park Police Chief Joe Miller. The caller told her she was suspected of money laundering and would have to pay money to avoid being arrested…