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You are here: Home / Community / HC Sheriff’s Office Warns of Scam

HC Sheriff’s Office Warns of Scam

October 10, 2016 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 0 Comments

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has been notified that a local scam is going on in our community involving parties claiming to be either a law enforcement agency or General Hamilton County Government Office.

According to a press release from the sheriff’s department, the caller and/or message received states that the person or person(s) have failed to show up for jury duty or have failed to pay bond fees. Furthermore, the fraudulent party is also claiming that unless the party calls a number and sends money via a money order, warrants will be issued leading to an arrest or heavy fines will be imposed.

HCSO is encouraging any resident who is contacted via phone from any law enforcement agency or general Hamilton County Government Office to never submit monetary funds over the phone or via money order until verifying with the appropriate government agency. All Hamilton County Government offices and the HCSO communicate via mail and/or registered mail and will never solicited funds over the phone. This includes the Internal Revenue Office (IRS) as well.

Scams are not new to our community and can come in a variety of ways. The HCSO has offered scam alerts in the past.

Commercial scams can also be difficult to recognize. For more information on commercial scams, please contact your local Better Business Bureau (BBB).

Also, residents should also be weary of charities contacting them to solicit funds for victims and families affected by Hurricane Matthew.

 

Filed Under: Community, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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