The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department would like to warn the public of phone call scammers Impersonating L.A. County Deputies using spoofing apps that show their number on the victim’s caller ID as the Sheriff’s office or local police agencies. Los Angeles County continues to receive reports...

Scammers will call residents and tell them they are Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department personnel, deputy, sergeant, detective, etc., and demand payment of a fine for failing to respond to a jury duty summons or an outstanding warrant. In fear of being arrested, victims are scammed into making...

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station is urging residents to guard against becoming the victim of fraud following recently reported phone scams involving Google Play gift cards. Here’s more from the station’s social media: “Residents have reported receiving scam calls from individuals...

On Saturday, April 20, 2019, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) was made aware of the telephone call made to County Counsel Mary C. Wickham on her personal cell phone. Detectives from the LASD Major Crimes Bureau were assigned to this matter and stand ready to launch a full assessment...

SACRAMENTO — Ahead of Giving Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday provided tips to Californians on how to avoid becoming the victim of charity scams. Becerra has the primary responsibility for supervising charities and the professional fundraisers who solicit on their behalf...

Santa Clarita Valley residents have reported receiving phone calls asking for donations to support “police associations,” according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s social media. These are not legitimate calls and no one from the station would ever make phone calls...

Cell phone users have noticed a rise in telemarketers and scam calls. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriffs Station issued the following information on its Facebook page: Your cell phone is ringing and it looks like the incoming call is a local phone number, so you answer it only to find out it’s a telemarketer...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster Station is passing the word to county residents about a phone scam in which a criminal poses as a law enforcement officer and tricks a victim into paying a fine or warrant using PayPal or a gift card. Here’s the story from the...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is reminding the public about criminals who are posing as government agencies and using the telephone as part of an extortion scam. The caller in these cases will typically demand payment and threaten the victim with some sort of legal action (arrest them...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials are warning of phone calls from scammers pretending to be LASD employees. The caller usually tells the citizen that there has been a warrant issued for their arrest for failure to appear for Jury Duty. The caller will tell the victim that they have...