Crime
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia coffee shop said Monday that it was scammed this week by a crook pretending to be a cop.
Fretboard Coffee posted on its Facebook page Monday after a scammer stole the shop’s entire cash drawer and reserve cash while impersonating a Columbia police officer.
The scammer told an employee that someone had passed counterfeit money at Fretboard and convinced a staff member the business was under investigation, according to the post. The business then contacted the Columbia Police Department to report the incident and was told this is the second small business in the past few days to be scammed using the same tactic, according to the post.
CPD spokesman Jeff Pitts said Columbia police will never ask for personal or financial information from any person or business on the phone.
“Scammers are able to spoof official phone numbers which means the receiver believes it it a…
