December
15, 2015
Richmond Police detectives are warning citizens about a scam in which callers are posing as employees of the Sheriff’s Office.
Over
the past month, detectives have been alerted to numerous occurrences of this
scam. An individual receives a call from someone stating they are with the
Sheriff’s Office who calls claiming there are warrants for that person’s
arrest. The caller then asks the person to obtain gift cards for specific
dollar amounts and provide the card numbers for payment in order to clear the warrants.
“No
employee of the Sheriff’s Office – in Richmond or elsewhere – will ever call
you requesting payment,” said Major Crimes Detective David Cuffley. “If you
receive a call from someone asking for money in any form and you suspect it to
be a scam, please alert your local police department.”
Of
the reports made to the Richmond Police Department, none of the individuals
contacted provided any money to the callers who contacted them.
Anyone who believes
they have been the victim of this or any other scam is asked to call the
Richmond Police non-emergency line at 646-5100 to file a police report.
