The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an ongoing scam that tries to get you to pay money to solve an outstanding warrant, claiming to be phone call from the Sheriff’s Office.

The scammers identify themselves as an officer and indicate to the caller there is a warrant for their arrest. The scammer then tries to obtain personal information and request financial restitution to take care of the warrant.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind all Hoosiers these types of phone scammers will often play on your emotions and fears to get your money.
The easiest way to protect yourself from being scammed over the phone is either to ignore unsolicited calls from unknown callers or just hang up when something doesn’t seem right.

You should never provide any information over the phone to an unknown caller regarding your personal identity, Social Security number, bank account(s) or credit card number(s).