Fraud & Scam Awareness Notice

From the Desk of Sheriff Bryson Meyers:

Sheriff Meyers reminds residents of the ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ occurring in our area. 

โš ๏ธ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐€๐๐“ ๐‘๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘: ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ-๐ž๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: 

  • Ask you to send money using ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž-๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ
  • Ask you to ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ for it to be wired or transferred
  • Demand ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ over the phone 

 

๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐Ž๐ ๐…๐‘๐€๐”๐ƒ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐„๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ 

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ-๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ

Scammers pose as law enforcement, court officials, IRS, Social Security, or U.S. Customs. 
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฌ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž & ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ

Criminals use spoofed numbers to appear legitimate. Includes: 

  • โ€œMissed jury dutyโ€ claims
  • "Family member in jail or hospitalโ€ emergencies
  • Fake bank alerts or package-delivery notices

๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž & ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ /๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ 

Fake listings, overpayment schemes, or refund requests on social media marketplaces and classified sites.

๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž & ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ 

Scammers build emotional connections online to manipulate victims into sending money, gift cards, cryptocurrency, or personal information.

๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก-๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ-๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ 

Pop-ups or calls claiming your device is infected. Scammers attempt to gain remote access or charge for fake repairs.

๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ

Cryptocurrency fraud, fake investments, foreign-lottery scams, and pyramid schemes promising high returns with little risk.

๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ

Personal information stolen to open credit accounts, file false tax returns, or make fraudulent purchases. Often begins with phishing emails or fake login pages.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ & ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž-๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ 

Unlicensed individuals collect deposits upfront and fail to complete the work. 

๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’๐„๐‹๐… 

โœ”๏ธ ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ 

โœ”๏ธ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€” ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ƒ 

โœ”๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ 

โœ”๏ธ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐. ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž

Created 1/23/2026 12:12pm
Last Updated 1/23/2026 1:36pm