Marshall County Sheriff’s Office warns residents of new text scam targeting locals — and the sheriff!

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala — A new text message scam is circulating in Marshall County — and it was bold enough to target the sheriff himself.

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office posted a warning to Facebook on Tuesday alerting residents to the scheme, which involves a text message pretending to be from someone at the sheriff’s office and prompting recipients to click a link.

Sheriff Phil Sims received one of the fraudulent texts himself, according to the post…

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