PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is warning people to watch for a scam involving a person impersonating a BCSO employee.
A complaint was filed from a victim of the scam. She said she received a phone call on her house phone from a man using the name of an employee of BCSO.
The man told the victim she had neglected to show up for jury duty and a warrant had been issued for her. The victim denied receiving a notice to appear for jury duty, but eventually agreed to pay to avoid arrest.
The caller instructed the victim to go to a specific discount store and purchase $978 in PayPal cards. The victim did as the caller told her and then gave transaction code on the back of the cards to the caller.
BCSO says it does not contact anyone with an outstanding warrant to get payment to cancel the warrant.
If anyone receives a phone call from someone who claims to represent the BCSO and asks for payment, contact the BCSO immediately at (850) 747-4700.