Warning: Schemers posing as West Springfield police chief demand money
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The scheme involves victims receiving phone calls from a cloaked number that appears as the West Springfield Police Department's business line of 413-263-3210. The schemer tells the victim that they are Chief Jay Gearing of the West Springfield Police Department and that they need to send $11,000 in cash to an address using UPS.
The schemer then threatens to send officers to the victim's residence and have them arrested if they do not comply with the order.
These phone calls are schemes. If you receive a call like this, call the West Springfield Police Department at 413-263-3210.
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.
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