The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office tells Ozark Radio News that they have received several reports from citizens concerning suspected scam phone calls they received from someone pretending to be a law enforcement or court official. The caller claims that the person has failed to appear for a court date or something similar and must immediately send money somewhere to avoid arrest.
The Sheriff’s Office is not making any such calls. These calls are coming from scammers and are fraudulent in nature. Citizens are reminded to NOT send money anywhere, do not give or verify any personal identifying information including name, date of birth, address, social security number, driver license number, email address, or any other identifiers, and do not provide any credit card or bank information of any kind to the caller. If you provide or verify any of this information, you will become a victim and sustain monetary loss.
These scam callers can sound official and be intimidating and persuasive. The best course of action to take is to simply hang up immediately and not speak to or continue to interact at all to the scam caller.
