By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Scam artists recently convinced a 77-year-old woman from Woodstock to send a $40 gift card to country music star George Straight. As soon as she sent that money, the scammers asked her to send $3,500 in gift cards, promising her a personal meeting with the singer. Instead, she called the […]
Denial is a distinctly human trait, and a potentially dangerous one. Whether they say it with words or in actions, people are inviting trouble when they express the belief that “It can’t happen to me.” As we have seen in Woodstock, it can happen – and does. In recent months, a local couple lost what […]
“We do not consider ourselves to be susceptible to a scam,” a Woodstock woman wrote about her and her husband, “and yet we fell for it! We were embarrassed. …” The woman related that in an email to Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb to thank him for his department’s professionalism in investigating the scheme that […]
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