The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is warning of a scam involving the sale of fake gold jewelry.
A rural Centralia resident reported a male suspect who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent with a female passenger stopped in front of his residence while he was working in his yard. The suspect offered to sell him gold jewelry. They agreed on a $600 price. The victim then went to a jewelry store where he learned the jewelry was fake.
The victim was told by the employees at the jewelry shop that several others have fallen victim to the same scan.
While the two were in a beige Yukon during the latest scam, a black Cadillac passenger car has also been mentioned as being involved.
You are urged to call your local police or sheriff’s department if you have been a victim of any similar incidents or any other type of suspicious behavior.
