I was at my local coffee shop yesterday when the manager was on the phone for 10+ minutes with a scammer. Was a new one to me. The landline caller ID showed "M

I was at my local coffee shop yesterday when the manager was on the phone for 10+ minutes with a scammer. Was a new one to me. The landline caller ID showed "Madison Police Dept" - the local police. The caller introduced themselves as an investigator working a case with counterfeit bills. "Don't contact your boss/owner because we are not sure if they are in on it." The caller knew details like employees names and the layout of the store. The manager was going through the cash in the back "confirming" serial numbers when the owner got in touch and cleared things up. I was confused about the end game for the scam, but online I've read a version where they send a courier to pick up the "counterfeit" bills. There's also a version where they convince the employee to purchase moneypak cards to be deposited into an account so that the 6AM audit shows balanced books making up for the counterfeit bills that will be confiscated. [1] To a person that doesn't know caller ID can be spoofed, getting a call that shows up as coming from the local police department can put you in a mental state that it 100% is the police, and it will take a lot of counter information to realize that it isn't. Between that and the convincing reason to "don't tell your boss", I'm afraid this might be an effective scam until it's more widely known. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/ryp4fg/i_got_scammed_into_stealing_6000_cash_from_my/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/ryp4fg/i_got_scammed...