CANADIAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - A woman almost sent $9,000 to a scammer pretending to be a sheriff's deputy. Now the sheriff's office is putting out another warning about potential scammers.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West says Captain Gail Wilhite stopped a driver who appeared to be in distress.

"But he doesn't realize that she's on the phone with a scammer saying that he's a captain with the Canadian County Sheriff's Office," said Sheriff West.

A scammer was just moments away from getting the woman to give up all her money.

"She's already been to the bank and drawn out her life savings, thousands of dollars, and she's on the phone, follows instructions because she's in fear she's going to go to jail," said Sheriff West.

Sheriff West says the deputy who stopped the driver happened

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