Scammer gets more than they bargained for in Luzerne County
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NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A warning about a scam that is sweeping across the region. People are receiving calls from scammers demanding thousands of dollars to resolve a supposed outstanding arrest warrant, but a scammer got more than he bargained for when he called a Luzerne County man. The man he was trying to []

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