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Incident Report for Case #2012-901000
Incident Type
FraudIncident Date
05/01/2012 - 1:00 PMAddress
East MadisonDetails
A 52-year old Fitchburg woman contacted the MPD's Self Report Unit earlier this month after her mother, who lives in Madison (no age provided), was almost bilked out of $9,000. She says her mom got a call "Sgt. Adrian Brady" who claimed to be with some sort of Canadian law enforcement agency. He told the victim that her grandson had been picked up, while traveling with friends, with drugs in a car. She was advised that funds were needed immediately to keep him out of jail. Very distraught, and just about ready to wire the $9,000, the victim called her Fitchburg daughter. The daughter told her mom that this was a scam, and she (the daughter) called the number her mother had been provided by the crooks: 438-994-6882. She spoke with "Officer Raymond Felton," who passed her onto "Sgt. Brady.” He continued to stay in character, providing the daughter with a case number. The daughter told "Sgt. Brady" she believed he was a fraud and asked him to fax the police report to her work. It never showed up. She also contacted her nephew, the victim's grandson, and he was where he was supposed to be: in college in Colorado. She called her mother to let her know her grandson was safe and to remind her not to send any money as she would now be contacting the MPD.Released 05/14/2012 at 3:18 PM by PIO Joel DeSpain