Another phone scam to be wary of
August 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson
Authorities in western Iowa are warning residents about a scam during which a person calls and identifies himself as being an Attorney, or, sometimes a police officer from out of state. They inform you that there will be a warrant for your arrest. This latest scam has had the caller calling the victims place of employment, sounding ‘legitimate’ and requesting information and/or requesting the victim to call them back right away.
The caller says the victim has a warrant and that Officers will be sent to their place of employment to arrest them. THIS IS A SCAM.
Authorities says this type of activity seems to be an attempt to put pressure on employers to notify the victim, have the victim call the ‘scammer’ back, and hopefully have them take care of whatever fines they supposedly have. A major red flag is their offer to take credit card payment or many times they will instruct you to get prepaid money cards from Wal-Mart or other retailers and contact them back with the numbers for payment
Be wary of these scams, inform the caller that you will contact local Law Enforcement to verify their story. If you are an employer, DO NOT give out any further information about the victim!
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