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Quick Thinking Ridgewood Police Officer stops IRS Scam
July 28,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Quick thinking on the part of an observant bank teller and an immediate response by Ridgewood PD Patrol Officer Paul Dinice saved a local resident from becoming a victim of the increasingly pervasive “IRS Scam.” Officer Dinice was dispatched to a local Chase Bank branch (84 East Ridgewood Avenue) following receipt of a 911 telephone call from a bank teller there who reported that a very distraught female patron talking on a cell phone had asked to withdraw a large sum of money.
After arriving at the bank less than 60 seconds from being dispatched, Dinice quickly located and interviewed the intended victim. He determined almost immediately that the “IRS Scam” was in play and convinced the 57-year old resident to hang up the phone. Still distraught, the resident asked to be transported to a local pharmacy, a request Dinice cheerfully honored.
Thank goodness I’m poor.
Why do people still believe these things?
I do not understand why people do not hang up when someone calls looking for money.
Well 12:48 I think that some people here that it is the IRS and they get scared shitless.
Because not everyone is streetwise. It only takes one gullible victim in a 100. Most of the time, the victims are from a generation where trust in people is more established. Some are semi-senile.
Well Declan you will be there some day.You just wont know it. Just having a little fun.