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zine subscriptions.

“The phone rang a few moments later and it was the same person calling to verify her magazine subscription,” said the sheriff.

The woman told the caller again she hadn’t ordered any subscriptions.

“I think they were fishing for a credit card number,” said the sheriff.

Holidays trigger calls

“This is the time of year a lot of this goes on,” said the sheriff.

During the holidays, consumers are using credit cards more over the phone to charge gifts, he said.

This is not the first time the sheriff has received a call from a homeowner complaining of a telephone con artist.

Several weeks ago, scam artists “were at prey again” here, recalled the sheriff.

This time, the victims were a couple • from Castleton who received a call from someone identifying themselves as working in “telemarketing security.”

“The caller needed to get the cou

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