Caller receives false text about father's death, Eatonville WA
FraudA caller received text messages falsely claiming their father had a medical emergency and then died. No medical calls were recorded at the location today.
Audio|Source: Pierce County Sheriff Dispatch - East
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Transcript:
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Rainier View Apartments,
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near Meridian East.
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At about 9 o'clock this morning, (name withheld) got a text message from a phone number that he or she didn't recognize.
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The message claimed to be from their father and said that he had called for medics for a medical problem.
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Their father has recently made through the title statements, but none today.
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Shortly after that, they got another text message from the same unfamiliar phone number that said their father had passed away.
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No prior medical calls were at this address today.
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Location mentioned:
Meridian E, Eatonville, WA 98328
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