MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) – The Madison Police Department is warning residents about a scam in which people are pretending to be police officers to solicit money.
According to law enforcement, the scammers are giving victims a variety of reasons for why they’re calling: they have an outstanding warrant, missed jury duty or a family member was arrested and needs to pay for a tracking device.
Then the scammer will send a barcode and instruct the victim to go somewhere like CVS or Walgreens to send money…