Police: Women Posing As DHS Workers, Asking For Children

Suspects Using Fake Badges, Police Say

MOORE, Okla. -- Authorities are warning parents about fake Oklahoma Department of Human Services workers who have been going door to door.

Investigators said it's already happened twice in Moore. The problem stems from DHS workers wearing plain clothes and the fact that many residents aren’t aware of what the department’s badge looks like.

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Two Moore residents in two different neighborhoods were targeted this past week.

Police said one resident was approached Wednesday evening at her door by two women who said they were with the DHS and were there to pick up her child. One woman even showed a badge.

Police said when the resident said she had no children, one of the women shoved her foot in the door to stop the resident from closing it.

The women left in a dark gray SUV, according to police.

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