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Phone scams in Santa Clarita and throughout Los Angeles County have prompted officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to issue a warning about scammers posing as government officials.
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The perpetrators allegedly pose as government agencies as part of an extortion scam, said LASD officials. The caller in these cases will typically demand payment and threaten the victim with some sort of legal action (arrest them or disrupt services) if the payment is not made.
The caller will then instruct the victim to get a money order, conduct a wire transfer or purchase some type of gift card to “pay the fine.”
Sheriff’s officials warned that neither the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department nor any other government agency has a policy of calling to solicit money for fines.
Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at [email protected].The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department or any government agency will never ask for a money order, gift card or wire transfer, according to officials.
Residents are advised to never give personal information to anyone over the phone, especially information about bank accounts, pin numbers, Social Security numbers or any type of identifying information.
Anybody who believes they have received a call that is not from a real government agency is encouraged to contact the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) at 800-593-8222 or file a complaint on the DCA website.
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Some people keep calling us too but they are saying that we are supposed to be getting a refund for something and want are information?? I keep hanging up the phone but they won’t stop calling!! Be ware of this scam too!