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Threats linked to phone fraud near North California AveChicago IL

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N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

According to the dispatch call, police received a report near North California Avenue of a possible fraud involving phone threats. The caller reported receiving calls from individuals claiming to be part of a cartel who threatened violence if money was not sent.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 03
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Transcript:
00:00
New to the board in 14, I'm getting what's coming over as a deceptive practice in progress.
00:05
Near North California Avenue.
00:07
It says at Wright College there is a male outside claiming to be from a cartel saying he's going to kill people if they don't send money.
00:26
A phone call?
00:31
Um,
00:34
Yeah. I guess the caller is getting phone calls from people claiming that they're going to kill the caller if they don't send money.
00:47
I don't know.
00:48
The ticket's kind of all over the place.
00:49
It says he, and then saying that they're going to kill her.
00:55
So I don't know who we're looking for, but somebody probably with a cartel saying that they're going to kill people if they don't send money.

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Location mentioned:
N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
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