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Phone Scam Targets Local Immigrants

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published March 14, 2014 at 7:01 AM EDT

Columbus police are warning the city's immigrant population to beware of a new telephone scam.Investigators say crooks are calling from overseas, targeting immigrants with threats of arrest and large fines unless they wire money on Green Dot MoneyPak cards.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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