The Lane County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports of a telephone scam that targets businesses and their employees. The scammers commonly identify themselves to employees over the telephone as managers or owners of the business. The scammers will then attempt to convince the employee to deposit cash from the registers into a 3rd party financial system such as bitcoin machines to pay official business bills. Scams such as this commonly originate from outside of the country and are very difficult to investigate. Please use caution and trust your instincts if you believe you are falling victim to a scam. In some instances the scammers appear to call from official phone numbers and/or provide fraudulent callback numbers with voicemail inboxes.
