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Woman lost $5,000 in romance scam at airport, Portland OR

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Portland International Airport (PDX), 7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218

A woman lost $5,000 in a romance scam. She is coming to the airport to meet the suspect, who pretended to be a public figure.

Audio|Source: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
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Transcript:
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Fraud. The phone call.
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You'll be speaking with (name withheld).
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He is not the victim,
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but says his girlfriend is out $5,000 via some sort of romance scam.
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He's concerned because she's coming here to the airport this evening, supposedly to meet with (name withheld) from Chicago Fire,
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who is the suspect? And I think he'd like us to intervene.

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Portland International Airport (PDX), 7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218

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