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IRON COUNTY — Officials are alerting residents of a scam in which people are served a phony arrest warrant via email.
Iron County Sheriff’s Office was contacted Wednesday about a scam that involved an emailed arrest warrant for “non-paid loan and check fraud.” The email included an official-looking document attached to the email, the sheriff’s office said.
“Although it may appear to be from a legitimate email, this is not the way the government will contact a person in regards to an arrest warrant,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a news release.
In addition to the method of contact, the sheriff’s office noted several other inconsistencies in the document compared to official documents, including: an attorney from another state on the letterhead, an invalid phone number that directs callers to a non-government entity or non-working line, a false claim of outstanding debt and items on the warrant that appear to be copied. Additionally, misspellings can be seen on the false warrant.
“These are all clues this is a scam and a scare tactic used to get money from unsuspecting victims,” the sheriff’s office said.
Anyone who receives a similar email should disregard it and not contact the sender.
