AUSTIN, Texas — Residents across Central Texas are being warned about a rise in scam calls.
The Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) at the side of the Lakeway Police Department (LPD) each say they have noticed citizens in their respective spaces receiving calls from any person impersonating a police officer.
Authorities say the scammers in each spaces are the use of the names of present or lately retired officials. The imposters have then been threatening citizens via pronouncing they will be arrested if they do not agree to their directions or if they do not pay a particular buck quantity.
According to GCSO, the caller will inform those that resolution the telephone that they neglected jury accountability summons and feature a warrant out for his or her arrest. They then say if a cost of $4,500, or a equivalent quantity, is won, it might duvet the bond quantity. They might also ask for the cash to be transformed to Bitcoin via the use of Coinstar or Coinme kiosks.
GCSO investigators say probably the most telephone calls were traced to Cotulla. They ask someone receiving the telephone calls to hold up with out offering non-public information after which touch the sheriff’s administrative center at 830-997-7585.
Meanwhile, LPD states that individuals who answer the scam phone calls have been threatened if they do not practice directions, that they are going to be arrested.
After reviews of the scam telephone calls, LPD investigators found out the phone number being used in the scam calls was once no longer an legitimate telephone quantity with the dept. The telephone quantity’s voicemail additionally had a recording that indicated it belonged to an LPD member and that they had been calling a “confidential hardline.”
Police say they might by no means achieve out over the telephone for an arrest and that every one legitimate LPD numbers get started with the 261. If you obtain a equivalent name, Lakeway police say to straight away hold up and speak to the police division immediately at 512-261-2800 to record the incident.
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