MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WKRC) – An alert for missing police officers in Middletown turns out to be a scam, but not before Facebook posts go viral.
The fake posts have now been seen by thousands of people from West Virginia to Arizona.
Two police officers from the Middletown Police Department began getting phone calls and texts asking if they were okay; they were told that they were missing, but they assured their friends they were not. If this scam weren’t actually bilking real people out of real money, it would be comical, but it’s not…