Sheriff’s office warns of new ankle monitor scam targeting inmates’ families

SHREVEPORT, La. — The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public to a growing phone scam in which criminals are impersonating businesses that provide ankle-monitoring systems for the Caddo Correctional Center.

Investigators report that scammers are contacting family members of CCC inmates, falsely claiming that a loved one can be released from jail immediately upon payment of an upfront fee for an ankle monitor bracelet.

The sheriff’s office stressed that this is a fraudulent demand…

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