If you get a call from someone claiming to be from the Sheriff’s office telling you that there’s a warrant out for you and you can avoid arrest buy showing up somewhere or paying a sum of money, you should hang up, call the police and INSIST on filing a police report.
No matter how much we warn of this, we continue to receive information from members who were scammed out of thousands of dollars.
We understand that the caller sounds authentic and they might even spoof the actual sheriff’s office number as the caller ID, but we assure you that if there’s a warrant for your arrest, the police will not call to inform you about it or take money to resolve it. You will be robbed!
We all know how confusing the requirements are and how stressful it is always worrying that you unknowingly failed to follow one of the new or vague laws, but at this point this scam is becoming so widespread that police departments across the country are warning of it.
If you are targeted, call the real police and INSIST on filing a police report. If they refuse to take a report, let us know.
https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/sex-offenders-being-targeted-by-scammers-in-florida
https://ktxs.com/news/local/police-telephone-scam-involving-local-sex-offenders-in-san-angelo
https://www.live5news.com/2019/05/14/deputies-warn-scam-targeting-sex-offenders/
https://ktxs.com/news/local/police-telephone-scam-involving-local-sex-offenders-in-san-angelo
For F.A.C HOW are these people getting our phone #’s? Are they showing our phone #’s on the registry??? I have a cell phone only.
From Google or any of the multitude of sites that sell personal information on anyone.
Also as former law enforcement, the first clue is, you CANNOT pay your way out of an arrest warrant anyway unless you go to a bail bondsmen and turn yourself in. Sheriff’s deputies are not allowed to take money from citizens to avoid arrest.
AND to help you , here is the Florida Department of Law enforcement’s active warrants site where you can check to see if you have a warrant http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/restricted/PAS/person/WantedPersons.jsf
I tell them come get me. Citrus, Hernado and Orange countries know me to well You coming u gotta be faster than me I have problem with K-9 unit the dogs nose is too good! You do know why they have K-9 units right? The reason is the fat jelly eating cop can’t run as some of us who were raised in the concrete jungles lol
Had one of these calls recently and had a little fun with the clown. The call originated in “Lakeland” and as I began to question him about his credentials he began to stutter and repeat himself. Now having Leo in the family, I knew right away what was going on but it gave me some satisfaction to make him squirm. If you get one of these calls keep asking questions until they get frustrated and hang up. And if you are allowed to possess a firearm you can remind them of that as well.
This happened to me. It was a crazy experience. Once I realized it had to be a scam, I stayed on and got as much info as possible about their mode of scamming. I also wanted to be absolutely sure I wasn’t at risk. They actually gave me the name of a Detective at my local police station. I asked the scammers to hold on for a minute while I looked to see if I could pay, and from another phone called that Detective’s office who confirmed it was a scam and had me report it to them. They called my spouse’s office to get in touch and left a message that the “… Sheriff’s Office needed to speak…immediately”. It was embarrassing for all of us, including the scammer. Even after I spoke with the Detective, told the scammer we had the Detective on the other line, the scammer said, “put him on speaker, I want to talk to him”. They truly weren’t scared. They know it’s difficult to catch these disgusting…well, we can call them predators. Beware.