9-26-14 dodge county telephone scam

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department is alerting people to yet another telephone scam, and in this one, the scammers claim to be from the sheriff’s department. On Tuesday, the County Communications Center received numerous reports from citizens who had received calls from individuals claiming they were deputies of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office. The caller told the citizen that he or she had an active warrant, and in many reports, the caller was told they had missed jury duty and a warrant had been issued for their arrest. The victim is usually instructed during the call to purchase a Green Dot card loaded with a specific amount of money that will void the bogus warrant. The victim is then asked to either take a picture of the card and text or email it, or to call back and provide them the number of the card. Sheriff Pat Ninmann says no law enforcement officer will ever solicit funds via Green Dot Card to avoid arrest.