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Bristol Calling Scam

When police in Bristol Virginia were called to the scene at a Walmart on Lee Highway they though it was about a possible hostage situation that police now say was likely a scam.According to Captain Maynard Ratcliff of the Bristol Virginia Police Department, a father and son trucking team received a phone call, during which the caller said a family member of theirs was being held hostage in Florida and to save the family memeber were told to winthdraw money.Nothing was found during the search and it was beleived to be a scam.

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