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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
ENP STAFF REPORTS
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NEWFANE — A telemarketer who called a Newfane man Monday night ended up talking with a Niagara County Sheriff's deputy — and threatening to bomb the Niagara County Sheriff's Office.
The telemarketer had called the Karen Avenue man around 7:41 p.m. The call was taken by the man's caregiver, who felt the caller was trying to scam her. She ended up handing the phone to Niagara County Sheriff's Deputy Patrick Tighe, who spoke with the male on the phone.
"Patrol identified myself to the male as Deputy Tighe, from the Niagara County Sheriff's Office. The male spoke with an Arabic accent and was very hard to understand," the NCSO report states. "The male refused to identify himself. Patrol advised the male to refrain from contacting the complainant any further."
The only information gathered from the suspect was the name of his company, "American Cash Prize," out of California.
Several minutes after finishing the complaint, Dispatcher Walker advised patrol that the male with the Arabic accent called the Niagara County Communication Center. She said the male threatened to bomb the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, along with Dispatcher Walker's house and Deputy Tighe's house. The male made several other disturbing remarks to Dispatcher Walker, according to the report.
The phone number which the male called from is unknown.
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The telemarketer had called the Karen Avenue man around 7:41 p.m. The call was taken by the man's caregiver, who felt the caller was trying to scam her. She ended up handing the phone to Niagara County Sheriff's Deputy Patrick Tighe, who spoke with the male on the phone.
"Patrol identified myself to the male as Deputy Tighe, from the Niagara County Sheriff's Office. The male spoke with an Arabic accent and was very hard to understand," the NCSO report states. "The male refused to identify himself. Patrol advised the male to refrain from contacting the complainant any further."
The only information gathered from the suspect was the name of his company, "American Cash Prize," out of California.
Several minutes after finishing the complaint, Dispatcher Walker advised patrol that the male with the Arabic accent called the Niagara County Communication Center. She said the male threatened to bomb the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, along with Dispatcher Walker's house and Deputy Tighe's house. The male made several other disturbing remarks to Dispatcher Walker, according to the report.
The phone number which the male called from is unknown.
Send an email to news@eastniagarapost.com with "email update" in the subject line.
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This reminds me of this article at https://www.callercenter.com/blg/articles/%E2%80%9Cswatting%E2%80%9D-and-phone-scams/ where the scammer reacted differently when the recipient of the call refused to do as the scammer had asked. It's just dangerous. The authorities should come up with a good plan to get all these scammers behind bars! They're a big threat!
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