The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office is issuing a fraud alert that has already cost people thousands of dollars.
Here’s how it works: the bad guys search publicly available jail records and find someone recently arrested. Then, they go online and search for family members.
“They will reach out to a family member posing as an employee from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, telling that family member that they will offer them an electronic home monitoring program but only if money is paid immediately,” Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Carly Cappetto said…