Registered sex offenders appear to be the latest target of scammers.
According to a news release from the Idaho State Police, the Idaho Central Sex Offender Registry has been made aware of several attempted scams targeting registered sex offenders in at least one Idaho county and six Florida counties.
One scam, according to ISP, involves a caller posing as a law enforcement officer who tells the sex offender he or she has missing or out-of-date registration information. The caller then threatens the registrant with arrest for failure to register unless a gift/money card is brought to a specified location.
In another report, the caller says he or she is with the sheriff’s office and the sex offender has a warrant for being non-compliant. The scammer again a gift/money card.
