So one scam I heard about is you receive a call from some1 claiming to be from whatever banking company you. The Caller ID will even say it’s your bank. They will claim there are a cpl of transactions that are sus(lol sorry I have kids that play among us). Then they will ask for your PIN in order to clear out the transactions. They will take all your money and it’s highly likely you will never get it back. The bank will not refund you that money. Long story short never give out your PIN. Your bank would NEVER ask you for it.
This next scam actually happened to us but they did not get any money from us. They will call claiming to be the local Sheriff’s Dept. They will say there’s a bench warrant out for your arrest. Simply stated with a bench warrant, the judge wants to see you in the “bench” in front of him/her. Then they will say you can come down to clear it up and there’s a small fee you need to pay to clear it up or you can just pay it over the phone and be done with it. Do not pay them, or go down to the Sheriff’s dept. They have gone as far as intercepting ppl on their way to collect the fee. So the Sheriff’s department doesn’t operate like this. If there is a warrant for your arrest, they will not call you and give you a warning. That would tip you off that they are coming for you and they would lose the element of surprise. They will just come knocking on your door w/o warning. You can’t pay your way out of it, they are required to bring you in front of a judge.
My wife and I were on our way up to Disneyland when she got this call. We said we were out of town and we would clear it up the 1st Monday we were back in town. The “Deputy” was even very polite and told us to enjoy our time there. Come Monday morning we drove down there and since they had no idea of when we were going to drive down to the Sheriff’s dept, no1 attempted to intercept us on the way to try and collect the fee. When we got there a real Deputy explained this scam to us. These scammers are getting more sophisticated guys. So just be weary and be safe.
This next scam actually happened to us but they did not get any money from us. They will call claiming to be the local Sheriff’s Dept. They will say there’s a bench warrant out for your arrest. Simply stated with a bench warrant, the judge wants to see you in the “bench” in front of him/her. Then they will say you can come down to clear it up and there’s a small fee you need to pay to clear it up or you can just pay it over the phone and be done with it. Do not pay them, or go down to the Sheriff’s dept. They have gone as far as intercepting ppl on their way to collect the fee. So the Sheriff’s department doesn’t operate like this. If there is a warrant for your arrest, they will not call you and give you a warning. That would tip you off that they are coming for you and they would lose the element of surprise. They will just come knocking on your door w/o warning. You can’t pay your way out of it, they are required to bring you in front of a judge.
My wife and I were on our way up to Disneyland when she got this call. We said we were out of town and we would clear it up the 1st Monday we were back in town. The “Deputy” was even very polite and told us to enjoy our time there. Come Monday morning we drove down there and since they had no idea of when we were going to drive down to the Sheriff’s dept, no1 attempted to intercept us on the way to try and collect the fee. When we got there a real Deputy explained this scam to us. These scammers are getting more sophisticated guys. So just be weary and be safe.
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