Richmond County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scams

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace would like to remind everyone of cellular phone cons going on all over the county.

RCSO released the next assistance in the occasion you do acquire a telephone phone from just one of these scammers,

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Place of work would like to remind our citizens about cell phone frauds that are still developing all through our county. It is important for anyone to know that our company does not call any citizens asking for dollars to pay for citations, warrants, or court docket costs. Our agency is even now receiving phone calls from our citizens who have been contacted utilizing bogus or “spoof” phone numbers requesting income be compensated with the threat of on their own or relatives associates remaining arrested if they do not. These mobile phone figures are bogus and created to mimic an employee from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. If everyone receives a mobile phone contact from a single of these scammers, remember to cling up and block the mobile phone selection if possible. A pair of handy suggestions to location a scammer are requests for payments be built working with gift cards and giving the safety amount on the card above the mobile phone or if they are requesting your personal info these as day of beginning or social stability amount. If you are not sure that you are remaining cheated, or if you are a target who hasn’t submitted a report, make sure you make contact with our business office at (706) 821-1000 or (706) 821-1080.

Our agency’s target is for our citizens and the basic community to share this information and facts with relatives users and close friends to assist lower the variety of victims affected by these fraudulent crimes.