A local convenience store believes it has been scammed this weekend.
A report from the Greeneville Police Department states that they received a call from a customer around 4:00 this morning at a convenience store on Andrew Johnson Highway. The customer told dispatch that he was at the business, there were no employees around, and a bank bag was left on the counter.
Once officers arrived on the scene, they checked the business and found the bank bag, the bottom of the safe left open, and officers could not locate any employees on the scene.
Police contacted a manager, who then contacted the employee supposed to be on duty. The employee returned to the scene and told police they had apparently been scammed.
According to the report, the employee was contacted by a person via text claiming to be the director of operations for the business. The text instructed the employee to take money from the business and send it to a bitcoin address, so that the business didn’t lose its contract. The employee reported that they left the store with the money, went to the 6700 block of West Andrew Johnson Hwy and deposited the money into the bitcoin machine.
The employee stated the texter had them send pictures of the receipts from where the money was deposited. The employee made two transactions and had the receipts for a total of $1,041.
The investigation is underway.
