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Westerville, OH

Fake invoices sent using company’s name reported 

audio iconFraud
Near Electric Ave, Westerville, OH 43081
Audio|Source: Westerville Police, Fire and EMS
00:29

Transcript:
554 return PS for 252 Electric Avenue. 252 Electric Avenue. 252 Electric Avenue, your caller is an employee of (name withheld) Planning Services. They have two calls from people outside or out of state so they receive voices from, I'll try that again. (name withheld) Planning Services, they're receiving invoices from someone pretending to be them, like to speak with you about that. No one's out of money, though.

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