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Scammers Continue To Work Lincoln County

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM

By Kim Albright

Photo By KCA

Over the weekend a resident living on Hudson Drive told deputies someone called them claiming to be with Direct TV and needed to install a new program for their current devices.

Lincoln County deputies are investigating another scam. Over the weekend a resident living on Hudson Drive told deputies someone called them claiming to be with Direct TV and needed to install a new program for their current devices. The caller requested payment by check, written to a jewelry store and mailed. That’s when the victim realized they had been scammed. The investigation is on-going.

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