NEWTON, N.C. — Recent phone calls claiming to be from the Catawba County Sheriff’ Office’s Warrant Division are a scam to get people to pay unnecessary money, officials said.
Sheriff Coy Reid said somebody called at least two Catawba County residents claiming to be from the sheriff’s warrant division. The caller told residents there were warrants out for their arrests, Reid said Tuesday.
Much like the fake calls from people who claim to be the IRS or a power company, the caller then told the residents the warrants would be taken care of if they paid $2,000 in prepaid debit cards, Reid said. The sheriff’s office doesn’t ever collect money by phone.
Reid said calls to the phone number connected to a voicemail in eastern North Carolina claiming to be the warrant division.
