SAN CARLOS (BCN) – The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office warned residents this week about a recent scam attempt in which a caller impersonated a sheriff’s deputy and asked the victim to send a prepaid debit card.
Last Saturday, someone called a resident in San Carlos and used the name of an actual deputy with the Sheriff’s Office. The caller said the victim had two outstanding arrest warrants totaling $2,000 and instructed him to go to a CVS or Walmart store to purchase a Moneypak card voucher for that amount and provide the numbers on the back of the card, sheriff’s officials said.
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The victim did not pay for the card and reported the call to the Sheriff’s Office.
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Sheriff’s officials said they and other law enforcement agencies will never call to make a monetary request, and that people should call their local law enforcement agency if someone says they are a law enforcement officer and requests money over the phone.
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