Full Notification

LOCATION: VICTORVILLE
SUSPECT: UNKNOWN

SUMMARY:
Victorville Police Station would like to alert the public to a local scam that’s being done over the phone. Deputies of the Victorville Police Station have received calls from citizens over the past two weeks conveying concerns over these scams.

While some of the details vary from victim to victim, the general scam is the same. The caller identifies themselves as a law enforcement person that has a warrant for the arrest of the victim. There is reportedly a delinquent credit account in the victim’s name that instead of going to collections is now being handled by law enforcement. More specifically, a warrant for the victim has been issued according to the caller. The caller is instructed to go to a local store where a money order or visa prepaid card can be purchased and then are instructed to call a certain number back with the information related to the money order. Often the phone number given is not a good number, but the suspect will call back in a short time to obtain the information.

This information is fraudulent and persons who may receive such a call are welcome to call your local station and verify that there is not a warrant for your arrest in the system. What’s more disturbing is that the callers are using a phone application that allows the phone number to show up on the victim’s caller ID as a legitimate police phone number. In one such case the victim hit redial and the phone rang through to the Victorville Police Station.



Refer: Karen Hunt, Media Relations
Station: Victorville Police Department
Phone No. 760-241-1841

ROD HOOPS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department