Pierce County Sheriff Ramsey Bennett cautions the public to beware of a number of scams currently popping up in the county.
“We probably have two cases a week related to one scam or another. We just want the public to be aware and not fall victim to these folks,” he said.
The sheriff said there are a variety of scams going around.
A county employee recently was called and told there was a warrant for her arrest unless she paid a certain amount of money and sent in her personal identification, bank account information and social security number.
When the employee told the caller she worked at the courthouse and would check out the warrant, the call abruptly ended.
Other common scams making the rounds in the county include:
• a “relative” contacting you by Facebook asking for money or Apple icards or some related item. Bennett cautioned the scammers can spoof Facebook pages and even have information about the person when they make contact with unsuspecting victims.
• the Publisher’s Clearing House prize award scam. In this scam, a caller notifies you that you have won the Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes, but you have to send in a “processing fee” or your personal identification, social security and bank account information.
• the IRS scam. Someone claiming to be from the IRS calls and says you owe a large amount of…
