You may be a potential target of scammers that claim they work for the Door County Sheriff’s Department while requesting money.

 
The Door County Sheriff’s Office received multiple complaints of a telephone scam recently where the callers claimed to be deputies or lieutenants from the agency.  Door County Sheriff’s Department Captain Carl Waterstreet says none of the potential victims lost any money, but you should be wary of any phone calls soliciting money or gift cards.

Waterstreet adds that if offers or appeals online or over the phone seem suspicious, they are probably a scam. 

Waterstreet notes that the Bureau of Consumer Protection will be putting on a presentation on how you can protect yourself from scams next Wednesday, July 26th at the ADRC Building in Sturgeon Bay at 12:45 p.m.  According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans lost nearly $9 billion to fraud last year and that artificial intelligence (AI) is making phone scams more sophisticated.