The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department.
Day Shift July 17
25-007572- 3900 BLK Ringgold Road-Deceptive Practice – Police spoke with party by phone who advised police that on 07/16/25 she received a pop-up message on her computer with a 1-800 phone number to call. When speaking with an unknown subject at the number she was advised the party worked for Microsoft and her bank accounts were at risk. She was instructed to withdraw all the money from her accounts and deposit it into an ATM. She was provided with a passcode for the machine and ultimately deposited a large amount of currency in cash. She requested to report make a report due to now believing that she was scammed…