Just in time for the holiday season, Northampton County residents are being warned about a real-life Grinch. According to county officials, a phone scam is being carried out by this person, who is posing as a sheriff’s deputy to demand money from recipients of his calls. Specifically, residents are being told to pay up or risk arrest for missing jury duty or having outstanding bench warrants.
The Northampton County Sheriff’s Department issued a public statement Friday to inform residents that these calls are fraudulent. The department emphasized that it never solicits money over the phone in lieu of making an arrest.
This scam is one of several similar incidents the department has recently publicized. The Sheriff’s Department urged anyone receiving such calls to report them to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office at 1-800-441-2555 or sc***@at*************.gov.
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