York woman reports scam, threats from ISIS

A York woman said she received a scam call from a man telling her she won a contest, who then claimed to be part of ISIS and threatened to kill her, according to police.

The harassing calls began July 8 but were reported Wednesday, according to a York Police report. The 34-year-old victim said she received a call from someone telling her she had won the Reader’s Digest contest but needed to send a $199 registration fee. She told the caller she had not entered a contest and knew it was a scam, at which point the caller began to argue with her.

The woman said she hung up, but the man called 14 more times that day, police said. On the fourth unanswered call, the suspect left a voicemail message claiming to be part of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and threatening to kill the woman and her family. He also made “additional threats,” the report states.

The suspect called again the next day, but the victim did not answer the first call, the report states. When she answered the second call, the suspect said he was “ISIS” calling, at which point the woman hung up and blocked the number.

She turned the recorded voicemail over to police. The number from which the suspect called had an 876 area code, according to the report.

This story was originally published July 15, 2016 at 10:13 AM with the headline "York woman reports scam, threats from ISIS."