Sheriff Parker wants all residents to be alert and cautious of the most recent “Text Messaging”, “Phone” and “Email Scams” Hillsdale County residents are receiving.
Hillsdale County Courts and local Law Enforcement have received numerous complaints in the past few weeks of a new “Text Messaging” scam where individuals are receiving text messages advising them they need to pay a fee (for a ticket they received or court fee etc.) or they will be arrested. This is not true and will never be true, the Courts or Law Enforcement will never send you a text message advising you of such.
“Phone scams” and “Email scams” are also very frequent and becoming a huge problem for county residents. Sheriff Parker advises offenders creating these phone scams are using “local” phone numbers to our area, in an attempt to get more residents to answer their phone and scam residents out of money.
Sheriff Parker reminds residents, DO NOT ever give out your personal information and/or bank account information over the phone or online in any way (via text, phone conversation or email). No Court, Law Enforcement or Government entity will ever text you, call you or email you to tell you, you owe them money or that you have a warrant for your arrest and demand money from you immediately.
DO NOT EVER GIVE ANYONE MONEY OVER THE PHONE OR ONLINE. If you have doubt that the text, phone call or email might be a scam it more than likely is.
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