Douglas County Sheriffs Office is warning the public that calls are being made to residents, and the callers are falsely claiming they are a member of the Sheriff’s Office, specifically using DCSO member’s names and falsely stating the resident has missed a court date and a fine is now due. What they want is to take credit card number to satisfy the fine or warrant. These calls are phone scams, and may appear local on the resident’s caller ID, but they may be computer “spoofed” to show a local number.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office never calls the public to notify them that they owe money on a warrant or fine. The public is encouraged to hang up on those calls and never give out personal information on the phone.