Someone is trying to scam area residents by placing calls that appear to be coming from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. The scammer provides a phone number with a 347 area code, but the caller ID indicates the call is coming from 303-795-4711, which is the nonemergency dispatch number.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind the community that numbers on caller ID can be faked and should not be presumed to be an accurate representation of the caller. These types of scams generally involve the scammer telling the victim that they have an outstanding warrant, have missed jury duty or committed some other infraction, and that they have to pay a fine. They may even offer a fake case number. They then try to convince people to make the payment using a Moneygram transfer or prepaid credit card.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office recommends not speaking with these types of callers. Never give financial or other personal information to these callers. This includes your full name, date of birth, Social Security number, credit card numbers or bank account information.
Contact the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Unit at 720-874-3750 or 720-874-4040 for more information.