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Starbucks in St. Augustine targeted in recent phone scam
Read full article: Starbucks in St. Augustine targeted in recent phone scamST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Were all used to hearing of scammers calling our personal cell phones. It happened Sunday afternoon at a Starbucks location on Palencia Village Drive in St. Augustine, according to a St. Johns County Sheriffs Office incident report. The scammers told a Starbucks employee to count the money the store had on hand and then sent her to load up Green Dot prepaid cards with that cash, according to the report. The employee filled three cards with $1,500 before a CVS employee told her she had reached her daily limit for the prepaid cards. To report any type of scam, you can contact the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.