ALBANY, Ore. — The Albany Police Department is warning the public about an uptick in reports for another scam “that makes us sick,” the department reports on social media.
“Multiple victims, locally in our community, are draining their bank accounts in cash, going to a bitcoin kiosk, depositing it and then reading off the number to the scammer on the phone,” Albany PD says. “The money is virtually gone.”
And it’s not small amounts of money, either…