We often warn you about the latest scam taking money from North Texans. It may start with a call or text. We wanted to know: where are scam calls coming from? Can they be stopped at the source? Read on for new insight from consumer advocates.

SCAM-IN-PROGRESS

It took a call to the police and the keen observation of a Good Samaritan to stop a scam-in-progress in White Settlement. Body camera footage, shared by the White Settlement Police Department, last summer showed a police sergeant intervening as a woman fed thousands of dollars into a cryptocurrency machine inside a convenience store.

“Please, I have the bank on the phone,” the woman could be heard saying as Sgt. James Stewart approached.

Sgt. Stewart responded, “Let me talk to who you’re talking to at the bank.”

The woman said, “

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