MT. CLEMENS, Mich. (WXYZ) — The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office is sounding the alarm about yet another scam. Scammers are pretending to be law enforcement and are threatening arrest for past violations unless victims pay money.
Macomb County Sheriff public information officer Sergeant Renee Yax knows all too well what is going on.
“I would say the scams are becoming a more prominent report that we’re taking lately. And the scam artists are getting much more proficient in what they do,” explained Yax.
She says they have a number of tricks up their sleeve.
“We find that the scam artists are able to spoof our phone number. So therefore when the numbers comes up on the victim’s caller ID, it shows Macomb County Sheriff’s Office,” Yax said. “They’re good too. They’re doing their research before they’re calling these people. I mean most people don’t know that information is easily available online.”
Zach didn’t. And he was nearly a victim.
“I didn’t answer the call. And then they left me a voicemail. And there was a detailed message with callback numbers in the voicemail,” Zach explained.
He called back. The woman on the other end said she was with pretrial claims services. Then the threats came flying at him.
“They’re going to send police to my house, and I’m going to have a warrant for my arrest, and they’re going to garnish my wages. I mean, everything,” said Zach detailing the threats.
What did they want? Money, of course.
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