A Marana woman had $7,000 in cash and was standing at a grocery-store kiosk when one warning message stopped a fake sheriff’s department call from becoming a real loss.
Rachel Mullis told KOLD that her phone showed a call from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. She answered because the number looked real.
The caller claimed to be a deputy and said she had missed jury duty. Over the next three hours, Mullis said, the fake deputy threatened her with jail and told her she had to pay immediately…