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Traci Myers was spending the July 24 holiday with family in Mount Pleasant while her teenage daughter stayed home alone. Myers said she got a call from a Utah number. When she answered the phone, she heard who she believed was her daughter in distress.A man claiming to be emergency personnel said her daughter was in an accident. After confirming personal information, Myers said the man changed his story.
"He says, 'Actually, I'm not emergency personnel. What happened is your daughter witnessed something that she shouldn't have,'" Myers said.Thankfully, her husband dialed 911. Unified police were able to conduct a welfare check. "I'm in my car attempting to enter this long string of code on Venmo when my husband pulls up next to me and is like, 'Charlotte's safe!'"
"If it's an officer, and they're calling and demanding money, we never do that," Salt Lake police detective Dalton Deebe said."Watch out. Don't give anyone your personal information, especially if you don't know, verify who they are. If you're not sure and they're claiming especially to be like a loved one, call them on the number that you have.
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