News 9 looked into the possible scam. It ended up being a legitimate fundraiser by the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association, which is based out of Edmond.EDMOND, Oklahoma -
A scam reported by the Edmond and Fairview Police
Departments turned out to be a legitimate fundraiser.
Residents in Fairview
first alerted their police chief about the possible scam during a community
meeting on Thursday morning.
The confusion came when residents saw an Edmond address as
the place to send donations even though they were in Fairview. Edmond Police
released a warning on their Facebook page on Thursday afternoon.
News 9 looked into the possible scam. It ended up being a
legitimate fundraiser by the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association, which is based out
of Edmond.
"I think the best way to determine whether or not it's
legitimate is just like these people have been doing today. We've had several
phone calls to the association. We're listed in the book, on the mailer that we
send out, our address is listed, our name's listed. It shows that we're a 501
c-3 registered in the state of Oklahoma," said Ken McNair with the Oklahoma
Sheriff's Association.
"Currently we are doing a mass-mailer to a prospecting
list. Okay, and those folks don't know us. What we rely on, if we have a
sheriff's permission, we will use the local county sheriff's name that we're
going to send mail into that county."
Police said even though this situation turned out to be
legitimate, the concerned citizens did the right thing by reporting it to local
law enforcement. Police can check out the reported scam and check to see if it
is legitimate.
