Scammers Targeting "Shop With A Cop" Program

Police are warning consumers about a possible scheme in which people in Fayette and Raleigh Counties have been getting phone calls from a group saying they are raising money for the "Shop with a Cop" program. Chris Young, president of the Fraternal Order of Police's Fayette County Memorial Lodge says any phone calls requesting money is a fraud because the FOP only raises and collects donations by mail for that program, and those mail requests will be sent out in the coming weeks. Young says the Black Diamond Lodge in Raleigh County is collecting money by telephone, but it's not for the Shop-With-A-Cop fundraiser.