ELLENSBURG – Postal service workers are being praised for intercepting a “bail money” scam targeting an elderly Ellensburg-area resident. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office was contacted earlier this month by UPS Security Services in Rhode Island after they detected a package containing thousands of dollars in cash shipped by an Ellensburg resident who had fallen victim to a common phone scam demanding bail money for a relative in trouble. Sheriff’s office officials stated that the money was returned to the victim.
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