The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office received more than a dozen reports from the public regarding phone contacts from callers claiming to be a person’s grandchild. The phone number identification accompanying most of these calls is 328-3001 which happens to be the front desk number for the Sheriff’s Office. Typically the scammers identify themselves as a person’s grandchild in need of financial assistance because they are in jail or have been involved in an accident. It is not unusual for scammers to use personal information about a potential victim’s family members in order to sound credible. This type of information is often easily obtained via the Internet or social media.  Unless you are 100 percent sure of whom you are talking with over the phone, never give out personal information and never send money. Gather what information you can and then hang up.