The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office is warning customers about a couple scams in which callers pretend to be deputies and then ask for money to avoid being arrested.
One involves a false scenario when the receiver of the call is informed he or she has missed jury duty, said Sheriff Chip Stauffer.
Stauffer said that the caller then says that if money isn’t given to the sheriff’s office, then the resident will get arrested.
In another similar scam, a call informs the resident that there’s a warrant out for his or her arrest, and to get the warrant taken care of, the receiver of the call should send money, Stauffer said.
With both, the caller directs the resident to a particular type of machine to accept the money, Stauffer said. He said there’s a machine at the Ruler on the 41-Strip.
In both of the scams, the caller identifies himself as a deputy from the sheriff’s office, Stauffer said.
He said by last week, there had been six reported instances of the scam and another one Monday morning.
The sheriff said residents need to be aware of the scam. He said law enforcement will never call people to demand money.
“Anybody that calls and say they need money for X…if you do this, we’re not going to arrest you—that’s never going to happen,” he said.
