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With cyber scammers targeting people in so many ways — phone calls, texts, social media, emails — the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office is using an awareness campaign to help stop fraudsters from stealing your cash.

Florida is ripe for online, text and phone scams and Sheriff Richard Del Toro knows St. Lucie County is no exception.

“Scammers don’t just target individuals, they impact entire communities. That’s why the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office is bringing our scam awareness campaign directly to the people we serve,” Del Toro said in one of a series of instructional videos posted weekly to social media.