Scammers Using Justice System to Deceive

There will always be scammers trying to steal money from actual hard workers, and another new wave of scams has hit White County recently. Posing as a member of the Sheriff’s Department, the scammers will try to strongarm and bully victims into paying off false warrants.

The scammers have been posing under the name “Sergeant Taylor” with the Sheriff’s Department, but this is not a real officer. They will then claim that there is a warrant due to the victim missing the Grand Jury. This is then where they claim that the victim can simply pay to have the warrant dropped. One victim claimed that they initially told her it would be $5,000, but that they could lower it down more and more. On top of that, when she doubted the scammers, a second voice came over to falsely “confirm” it was the Sheriff’s Department.

Sheriff Page himself showed The Expositor that the scammers even tried to reach out to him, sending an entirely fake image regarding the warrant. On top of this, Sheriff Page wanted to iterate as well: “The Sheriff’s Department will never call you. Never. It’s not us. It’s not the IRS. They’d send a letter. If we had a warrant for you, we’d visit your house. And nobody’s going to call you for missing Grand Jury.”

The Sheriff suggests that anyone who is contacted by the scammers hang up immediately and call the Sheriff’s Department. “If you ever have questions, ever,” he said. “Call us and check first. Just tell them you know me, and they’ll hang up real fast. We do not want anybody to get scammed out of their hard-earned money.”

If you get a call from scammers pretending to be with the Sheriff’s Department, hang up or call the Sheriff. Their office will never call regarding warrants, especially for something like missing the Grand Jury.