Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office detectives are warning residents about ongoing phone and text scams targeting personal and financial information. Reports continue to rise, and in several cases victims have lost thousands of dollars. Scammers are typically located out of state or overseas and use fake phone numbers that cannot be traced.

There is no pattern or consistent theme among the financial institutions involved, as detectives have received reports of similar fraud involving nearly every local financial institution in our community.

Below is a short synopsis of recent fraud reports Sheriff’s Office detectives have received:

Nov. 5: A victim received multiple calls appearing to be from Chase Fraud and Apple. The caller falsely claimed her accounts were compromised and instructed h

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