Phone scammer targets elderly residents with water rates pitch

By Fairfax Media
Updated March 21 2014 - 7:32am, first published 4:00am
A phone scammer called an elderly Orange resident posing as a member of Orange City Council's rates department.
A phone scammer called an elderly Orange resident posing as a member of Orange City Council's rates department.

ORANGE City Council staff have reported a scam to police after an elderly resident was telephoned by a person posing as a member of the rates department.

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