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Aug. 31, 2018Maryville, MO |  By: Ryan Elliott

Sex offenders targets of scam

The Nodaway County Sheriff's Office has received reports of a scam targeting registered sex offenders in Nodaway County over the last few days.
The scammer reportedly is claiming to be with the Nodaway County Sheriff's Office and telling the victim that they have a warrant out for their arrest. They then tell the person to purchase a pre-paid debit card in order to pay the bond. Nodaway County Sheriff Randy Strong says there are a few ways to tell this is a scam.

"It's going to be incredibly rare that any department would call you to tell you have a warrant. And then when you hear that you need to go someplace and purchase pre-paid debit cards to take care of your bond or take care of your fines and then turn those numbers in to somebody over the phone, you need to realize that you're talking to a scammer.  We just don't operate that way.  Usually if there's a warrant for your arrest, you're going to find out if you get pulled over for a traffic violation or an officer of the law shows up at your residence or your work to pick you up."

For more information you can contact the Nodaway County Sheriff's office at 660-582-7451