Sheriff’s Office warns of missed jury duty phone scam

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports of an unknown individual calling pretending to be an employee of the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.

You may have received this scam call as a voicemail and they provide a phone number that when called has a very convincing automated greeting very similar to the Sheriff’s Office actual greeting. During this call you may be transferred multiple times prior to speaking to someone claiming to be a Deputy or Lieutenant.

During this call it is alleged that you have missed jury duty and an arrest warrant or bench warrant has been issued for your arrest. They then offer to settle this matter by requesting you pay a sum of money to avoid arrest. This call is a scam, so please do not provide any information or money to the caller.

Warren County Sheriff’s Office will never ask for you to pay money to avoid an arrest. If you have been scammed or provided personal identifying information to include financial information to the caller, please call the Sheriff’s Office to report this incident, 540-635-4128.