YET ANOTHER SCAM
We are getting reports of Forrest County citizens receiving phone calls from "Forrest County Deputy Scott Lees", indicating to the individual that they missed a court date and are now subject to arrest, and requesting among other things, to have the individual send the deputy a copy of their driver's license.
This is in fact a scam and you are asked to NOT respond in any way to these types of scams. We will never contact you by phone indicating you are being sought in connection to a missed court date, or to pay some type of fine or fee.
As always, whenever you are in doubt at all about a phone call you receive from someone claiming to be a law enforcement official and wanting you to provide sensitive, personal and/or banking information, your best response is to hang up immediately.
If you have any lingering doubt as to whether it was the FCSO that called you, simply calling us at 601-544-7800 will clear up any confusion.
As always, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will take information from you concerning scams. The FTC is the main agency that collects scam reports. Report the scam to the FTC online at ftc.gov/complaint, or by phone at 1-877-382-4357 (9:00 AM - 8:00 PM, ET).
The criminals perpetrating this particular scam likely obtained the information about Deputy Lees from our post about him yesterday.
Original source can be found here.
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