The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert about a phone scam. While phone scams are fairly common, scammers are now pretending to be law enforcement officers, court workers, or jail employees. The goal is to steal money from families.
Scammers contact victims and claim a loved one has been arrested. They target families whose relatives were recently detained. The fraudsters demand immediate bond money or say there’s a warrant that can be cleared through phone payment.
Some use real officials’ names. Others manipulate the caller ID to display what looks like an official number. These tricks make the scheme appear legitimate…