Submitted by Eric Peter, San Juan County Sheriff.

I am reaching out to warn everyone of another round of fraud attempts with someone pretending to be one of the members of our Sheriff’s Office and trying to scam people out of money.

We’ve already had three reports in one day and the following is an example of the method of operation this person is using to try and scam you.

One of the incidents involved a call from 360-227-4281 (could possibly be a spoofed #). The caller pretended to be Sergeant Zac Reimer, badge # 101, told the person they had contempt of court warrants and tried to get them to pay $1,500 for one warrant and $1,000 for the other warrant. The suspect even provided a fake citation number. Thankfully the caller recognized this as a scam and did not give any information.

If you receive a call like this, please write down the phone number they called from, DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION, hang up on them and report the fraud attempt to the Sheriff’s Office.

*Remember: THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL NEVER CALL YOU TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE A WARRANT AND ASK FOR MONEY OVER THE PHONE!