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"The Johnson County, Kan., Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a phone scam where someone claims to be a sheriff's deputy.VIDEOInvestigators said they have received multiple reports about this.\"The first scam involves a person calling and identifying themselves as a deputy or supervisor with the sheriff\u2019s office.\u00A0 Scammers have gone so far as to give actual names of active employees.\u00A0 The caller tells the potential victim they have a warrant for a court date they failed to appear at and, because they failed to appear in court, they now have a warrant for their arrest. The caller then instructs the potential victims to purchase some form of gift card and send it to the caller in order to avoid arrest.\"The second involves a caller again, identifying themselves as a deputy or supervisor with the sheriff\u2019s office.\u00A0 In this scam, the caller directs the person to bring a specified amount of cash to the courthouse in order to avoid arrest,\" the sheriff's office said in a news release.The sheriff\u2019s office said its procedure for contacting those with warrants does not include a demand for immediate bond payment. Gift cards or wiring money are \u00A0never accepted as payment for bond.\u00A0Anyone who believes they have been a victim of the scam should call the sheriff's office or or their local police department.Residents can also check on outstanding warrants from the Johnson County District Court at www.jocosheriff.org."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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