{"id":168559,"date":"2023-08-02T03:46:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T08:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=168559"},"modified":"2023-08-02T03:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T08:46:40","slug":"sheriffs-office-beware-of-phone-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/08\/02\/sheriffs-office-beware-of-phone-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff&#8217;s Office: beware of phone scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office is warning residents of a scam currently circulating throughout the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VW-County-Sheriffs-Star-9-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55568\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Facebook post, deputies said the sheriff\u2019s office has received complaints from residents who are receiving calls from scammers posing as Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s deputies demanding payment with the threat of arrest for such things as failing to appear in court and unpaid traffic tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scammers are trying to obtain residents\u2019 personal information and address. Deputies said do not provide any information to the caller. The Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office does not conduct business in this manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First: If you have a warrant for your arrest, summons, or, other legal process intended for you it will be communicated to you via the U.S. Postal Service or by a personal visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second: The sheriff\u2019s office will never call and ask for a payment over the phone, and certainly not in the form of an Amazon card, an iTunes gift card, or any other form of gift card. Chances are, if they are asking for money, they aren&#8217;t a member of the department. Just remember: if it seems suspicious, it probably is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you receive a suspicious phone call, contact the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s non-emergency line at 419.238.3866.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff The Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office is warning residents of a scam currently circulating throughout the county. In a Facebook post, deputies said the sheriff\u2019s office has received complaints from residents who are receiving calls from scammers posing as Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s deputies demanding payment with the threat of arrest for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 05:41:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168561,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168559\/revisions\/168561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}