Phony federal agents phishing for scam victims

DOUGLASVILLE, GA (CBS ATLANTA) -

Scammers looking for quick cash are resurrecting an old dirty trick. They're telling people they're agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and they'll take care of an old arrest warrant if victims wire them money.

The scam artists tried to swindle a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy out of $ 5,000, and now she wants to alert the public that you can't buy yourself out of an arrest warrant.

"When they called me back my heart fell out of my chest," laughed Deputy Tina Cheatwood. "He advised me that back in 2003, when my name was Tina Wingo, I had purchased some items on the internet with my credit card - and they had made an arrest out of the Dominican Republic and my name was brought up and they had a warrant for me."

But Cheatwood says she's never had a warrant out for her arrest. She's been a Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy for five years, working as a resource officer at the new Manchester High School. But the call still rattled her nerves.

"Oh, I panicked," said Cheatwood.

The scammers called the deputy's number by chance, but the scam works so well, the D.E.A. posted a statement on their website saying, "Impersonating a federal agent is a violation of federal law. The public should be aware that no D.E.A. agent will ever contact members of the public by telephone to demand money or any other form of payment."

"He could be in Atlanta, he could be in Canada, he could be in Mexico," said Douglas County Sheriff Major Tommy Wheeler. "The problem with these cases, a lot of victims won't let you know because it's embarrassing."

Now Cheatwood reminds everybody to not send money via Western Union to someone you don't know.

"Be very cautious," advised Wheeler. "If it can happen to a law enforcement officer, and they try to get one of them, it can happen to anybody. Anybody is vulnerable."

Copyright 2012 WGCL-TV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.

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