Scam Alert

🚨 SCAM ALERT! 🚨

On the morning of 13 Aug 2026 a citizen heard a strange ring tone coming from their cell phone.  When they retrieved their phone there was a message going across the screen saying that Apple Pay caught a charge trying to come through that was for child pornography.  The message stated not to do anything with the cell phone.  Do not shut it off or use it at all.  

The victim’s house phone then rang and the caller said they were under investigation for child porn & money laundering.   The victim states they went into their cell phone & took the message. The victim believes the caller was in their cell phone.

A third caller was from a male stating his was Mark Meador with the Federal Trade Commission and the victim was under investigation for money laundering. 

Before the third man called the victim believed there were two other males, but now realizes they were all the same guy.

The victim then sent a picture of the front and back of their driver’s license. The victim told the caller (believed to be with the FTC) how much money was in their checking & savings accounts, but did not give the account numbers. The victim tolod the caller that the one account was not attached to the iPad or cell phone.  

These were 3 very long and drawn out phone conversations that had the victim completely shaken, even though they knew they had done nothing wrong.

The victim states that finally some things started coming to mind, all 3 callers sounded the same, bad, unclear English, Spanish accents. 

Another individual in the home stated this sounded like a call a month or two ago and they had told the subject off and hung up.

The victim looked up the name Mark Meador online with the Federal Trade Commission and it did not match the bad accent they had been hearing.  

The victim told the caller that they could call the local Sheriff’s Office and that the victim was going to be calling. The victim then hung up.

The caller also warned the victim not to tell anyone about the call because they didn’t know who could be doing this.

The victim also called her financial institution and advised them of what had occurred. ‘

Please be aware of this recent SCAM and report anything suspicious to your local law enforcement.

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