Multiple calls from citizens have been received in the past
few days relaying concerns that the Levy County Sheriff’s Office contacted them
about an outstanding warrant for their arrest. These calls are SCAMS and the sole purpose is to
take your money.
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office will NOT call and
tell you we have a warrant for your arrest for failure to appear to a jury
summons, failure to appear for court or for any other reason. We certainly will
NOT offer you a way to pay with a gift card or any other manner of payment to
cancel a warrant.
Please do not give these callers any of your time, money or
personal information. We will not be able to get your money back as most of
these scams originate overseas. Simply hang up on these SCAMMERS and let us
know you were contacted and from what number they called. Scammers are getting
better and the calls sound legitimate. If you are in doubt and before you
pay for something that doesn’t exist, just contact us at 352-486-5111 or the
Federal Trade Commission Fraud line at 1-877-382-4357.