Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office warns of phone scam

Sheriff Warns of Scammer Peddling Fake Arrest Warrant

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office warns the public to think twice before responding to unsolicited text messages or phone calls after a local resident received a text message and subsequent phone call on May 20 from an individual posing as a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office employee who claimed the victim had an active misdemeanor arrest warrant for Failure to Appear. The post Sheriff Warns of Scammer Peddling Fake Arrest Warrant appeared first…

Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office warns of phone scam

WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office asks residents to be on alert for scam calls purporting to be staffers or deputies. "Yet again, scammers are targeting our community pretending to be staff from (the Sheriff's Office) on phone calls," the Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. "The scammers reference a fake warrant or fee that needs to be paid. Reminder that these are scams, looking for (money) or personal informati…