A phone scammer gets more than she bargained for when she called the wrong person this week. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt was at work when his caller I-D showed an invalid phone number — so he recorded the woman whom he said was trying to gain access to his work computer. Schmidt believed the caller wanted to install ransomware or other type of malicious software. She said the caller was not fazed when the sheriff mentioned a firewall — but when he brought up his information technology department, the caller quickly hung up. Schmidt says if you get such a call, you should hang up right away.
Phone Scammer Calls Sheriff
Nov 30, 2017 | 5:07 PM
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