Worthington town marshal warns of scam

Town Marshal Dennis Conaway provided the details in a news release.

On Friday morning, Conaway received a call from a Worthington senior citizen who made reference to a possible scam involving her bank and its employees, the release states.

She received a call from a person who identified himself as Detective Harris of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"He tells the lady that their office has been monitoring her mail referencing a bank scam," Conaway explained. "During the call, he requests the bank facility she utilizes and attempts to obtain her account number -- which she does not give."

He then asks to meet her at the bank -- which he says is being investigated.

"He calls back a short time later but this time identifies himself as Officer Harris and tells her she is to drive to the bank and that she will need her cell phone ... and tries to obtain her cell phone number -- which she would not give him," the news release states.

At that point the man became upset, but she still received another call a bit later.

The caller then "tells her that she is to meet him at the bank and that his office will be wiring a certain amount (of money) into her account and when she withdraws the money they will check the employees to see if any problems are there."

Conaway warned that the first caller had an eastern accent and that the second caller was from a different man -- who was quite rude with his language.

"The important thing is don't ever give out information on the phone," Conaway warned. "This is a scam."

Conaway has also contacted with the Greene County Sheriff's Department and the local bank with information on the scam.