Michigan family loses $2,100 in Oakland County jail scam

A Michigan mother shared her harrowing experience after scammers impersonated an Oakland County sheriff’s officer and swindled her family out of $2,100 following her daughter’s arrest for drunk driving. The woman spoke to Local 4 under the condition of anonymity. The ordeal began on her daughter’s 21st birthday. The mother and her husband had warned their daughter about drinking and driving, but when she didn’t come home the next morning, they grew concerned.