Assistant principal warns of warrant scam

A LOT OF SUSPECT INFORMATION. WELL, A LOCAL PRINCIPAL IS OUT ALMOST $14,000 AFTER A SCAM CALL NEWSOURCE. TANNER DE LEON SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT THE SCARY SITUATION LOOKING OUT FOR OTHERS TO TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO THEM. TANNER. >> JEANA BONNER IS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CLASS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE WAS AT SCHOOL WEDNESDAY WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL AND OUR HEART DROPPED WHEN SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR HER ARREST. I WAS IN A MEETING AND YOU JUST KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD SAID WHAT WAS GOING ON WELL.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WARRANT OUT FOR YOUR ARREST. MUCH WITH THE LOCAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. JEAN OBAMA RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THIS NUMBER. A MAN IMPERSONATING AN OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTY COMING AFTER HER FOR NOT APPEARING ON HER COURT DATE. SHE SAID WELL OF A CERTIFIED LETTER WAS SENT OUT ON DECEMBER. 28. >> AND USE POST REPORT ON JANUARY THE 4TH ESTATE FOR WHAT THE MAN CLAIMS HE WAS WRONGFULLY PAY. NOW FOR A PPP LOAN FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN $13,000 SENT HER THE DOCUMENTS TO BACK IT UP AND TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO PAY BACK $13,000.

WILL SHE BE ARRESTED? YOU COOPERATE WITH US, YOU WON'T GO TO JAIL LAST. OKAY. >> TELL WHAT I NEED TO DO. JENA STATE ON THE PHONE WHILE SHE WIRED THE MONEY MORE THAN 13,000 BUCKS. BUT WHEN THE SCAM ARTIST TOLD HER SHE WAS SHORT BY $4 ALONG BILLS FINALLY STARTED RAINING. WHAT I NEED TO RECTIFY THAT? >> WELL, YOU NEED TO PUT ANOTHER $6500, $6500. >> DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE FTC, AMERICANS LOST A 0.8 BILLION TO SCAMMERS IN 2022. IMPOSTER SCAMS LIKE THIS ONE ARE THE MOST KCPD SAID 99% OF THE TIME THESE GAMES ARE TAKING PLACE OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY, WHICH MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO TRACK SOMEONE DOWN. ONCE THAT MONEY IS IS IS SENT. IT'S GONE. IT'S REALLY UNTRACEABLE FROM THAT POINT KCPD AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL NEVER ASK FOR MONEY OVER THE PHONE REGARDLESS OF THE REASON, NO, WE DON'T DO THAT.

WE DO THAT. THEY'RE IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FASHION TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE COLLECT MONEY THAT WAY. WHILE IT IS UNLIKELY BOND WILL GET YOUR MONEY BACK. SHE SAYS SHE HOPES IT IS A LESSON FOR EVERYONE TAKES THE LIFE OUT OF THE. IT JUST MADE ME. >> IT JUST GAVE ME EMPTY, AN EMPTY FEELING, AN EMPTY FEELING BECAUSE >> THAT YOU MONEY THAT I WORK HARD FOR THAT. I WAS JUST SCAN THAT OF IT. >> KCPD AND THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL NEVER ASKED FOR MONEY OVER THE PHONE. SO IF YOU GET A CALL .

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