Phone scammer using real Buffalo Police officer's name

A phone scammer is using real Buffalo Police officer's name. Beware, someone is making phone calls using the name of retired Buffalo Police Detective Sgt. Gary Teague, and they are trying to get money. Teague has been retired for years after years of working some high-profile cases in Buffalo. He was alerted by someone in Florida about this scam, and he wants the public to know it is not him and he wants the person caught and prosecuted because they are impersonating an officer and taking money. He was told that some of the victims paid money. "One person has even gone so far as to pay $1,000, so someone who is saying they are Gary Teague," Teague said. "I don't put anything past anybody. I know there are a lot of scams since time began. When people thought of not wanting to work, they thought of a scam, so this is a new wrinkle to some of the old scams. This time it happened to hit home," he added. Teague knows a police department will not ask for money over the phone. Amanda Chauncey Scanlon received a call last Saturday morning. She said the man left a message, and she returned the call, and it gave her a Buffalo Police recording, asking if she wanted to speak to the warrant office. https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/cri...