COLORADO SPRINGS â Weâre learning about an uptick in scam calls across the Pikes Peak Region messing with peopleâs emotions and trying to add credibility by posing as a member of law enforcement.
These callers are usually after money, but in some cases are now creating safety concerns. News5 has learned fraudsters are calling people in southern Colorado saying they are cops or that theyâre calling on behalf of one of our local law enforcement agencies.
In this case, it started as a call from an unknown number.
âShe seemed like a young girl around my daughterâs age hysterically crying saying ‘mom’ over and over again. My heart sank and I started to panic. I was like, ‘are you ok?,’â Jenn told News5.
Concerned this might be her daughter, Jenn said suddenly another person got on the phone.
âShe handed the phone to a man and he came on the line and calmly identified himself as a police officer with the Colorado Springs…
