WARNING: New Scam Targets Sex Offenders
The following was shared by a Member:
I’m writing to inform you of a scam that was pulled on my husband who is a sex offender last night in hopes you can share with others so it doesn’t happen to them. He received a phone call from a man claiming to be a deputy from SPOT. Long story short, he convinced my husband that he missed his registration because he wasn’t told that he now needed to register quarterly instead of every 6 months. In order to not be arrested, he told him that he could place a bail deposit of $500 and then he could register at the sheriff’s office and not be booked into jail. After instructing him to purchase a prepaid money pak from Walgreens, he then asked for the card number of the money pak so he could enter it in the system before he arrived at the sheriff’s office. My husband became very skeptical at this point and did not give him the number, went to the sheriff’s office, which was closed and basically pushed the man’s buttons until he exploded, calling him a “kid fucker” and saying he made $5,500 off of sex offenders this week. I am glad he didn’t scam him out of the $500, but furious that someone is taking advantage of sex offenders because they are so scared to get arrested for something they didn’t know they did wrong. I am also terrified because our address is listed online and he could come to our house at any time. I hope you can tell others about this so they can verify won they are talking to if it happens to them. This man knew a lot about SPOT and the process of registering as a sex offender.
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Boward and Oceola County
Unfortunately, this is still going on, only more elaborate and the stakes are higher. $9,600 cash bail, no bond.
My story was too long for this comment so just wanted to update you that they are getting more aggressive.
If a moderator wants to know more informationt, let me know.
This just happened to my boyfriend. Making him lose his new job and his piece of mind. We had been living in New Mexico but since moved to WY..after being in his new job only a few weeks he recieved a call stating he had missed court regarding his registration times and there was now a warrant out for his arrest. So he took off to New Mexico in the middle of his work day, told his boss he had a family emergency . When he was half way to New Mexico he started thinking something wasnt right and once he got to NM went to the police and found out it was a scam. These people continued to call and threaten him for several days. Got my BF all upset. But now i have found several things on the internet to show him and to reassure him its ok..
Thanks to sites such as this makes it better knowing your not alone…
Sorry to hear but insist he file a police report. The more people who report these, the more likely they will be investigated.
This just happened to me in Wisconsin. I received 2 calls with in 5 min. of each other. I received 2 voicemails from the same guy, the first VM He said he was from the county sheriffs office that I live in now, a few min. later he called and left another VM saying he was from a diferant county. Both times stating that I had missed a “scheduled” meeting and that there is now a warrant for my arrest they gave a number to call back. I called the wisconsin SORP, Its a scam!!!
File a police report!
Unfortunately I was running late for work and allowed my emotions to get the best of me and because I’m socially unconnected and don’t watch the news, I was unaware of this scam and yes I fell victim to it and got had for $394.00. This person stating he was Captain Nick Curry with the Forsyth Co. Sheriff’s office in GA and that I had a warrant for my arrest but I would not get arrested if I agreed to bond out on it over the phone and appear in court and the issue would be thrown out as a human error on their part. Everything in my gut instinct told me I was getting had but again, so easy for us to get violated on stupid crap that I believed this moron. Not to mention he had and knew way to much information about me and the department which would lead one to believe it was an inside job or that their system has been hacked. Neither which are a very good sign on our part. Because how else would they have access to our personal numbers to call us because that information is not listed on the national registry???
Happened to me in Georgia. Said officer in charge of registry was being investigated and bench warrants were active. Same as others. I figured it out. SO sent out letters to all of us. They could have mentioned this was happening.
Happened today in Jacksonville FL. Guy (Sgt Jeffrey Carter) sounded very legit, said we had been mailed a notice to come to courthouse April 4-5 for some national data base thing they were doing to verify any changes in appearance, tattoos, etc. We missed it so if we don’t come downtown by tomorrow to pay $500 husband will go to jail for 90 days. We had simultaneous heart attacks on the spot, the nightmare that started 13 years ago never really goes away, just when you’re trying to live your life it comes back one way or another.(and the charge was a picture that we got virused with. On our joint computer.Bam, your normal life is over.)Fortunately, I have several clients who are attorneys and immediately called one, while husband called the registration office, and it’s a freaking scam. We reported the number but I’m sure it’s a throw away phone. The police say we’re not the first and they’re investigating, but my older jaded self thinks not much will be done because we’re sub-citizens now. Oh well. The number this particular douche left is 904-413-0101. I’m sure he’ll change soon but if you get a call like this make the police Dept or registration office be your first call, BEFORE you stroke out or have a heart attacks.