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On Tuesday, March 22, a Jackson resident reported that he had become a victim of the phone scam, police said.
He had been contacted by a man saying he was a US marshal assigned to the Southern District Border Patrol in Texas.
This person told the victim that he needed to verify his identity or an arrest warrant would be issued for him and his bank accounts would be frozen.
The victim was then told to take all of the money out of his bank account and deposit it in a bitcoin terminal and then send photos of the receipts to the unknown male and that the money would be returned to him the following day.
The victim ultimately deposited $19,000 into bitcoin, police said. Several hours after completing the transactions, the victim went to police headquarters to report the incident.
Do not provide these callers with any bank account information or obtain gift cards or make deposits into electronic accounts for them, Jackson police said.
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