Watch out for this Christian Co. phone scam involving fake law enforcement officers [Video]

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is warning people of a phone scam involving fake officers.

The department got wind of the scam Wednesday morning after 20 people from the community called the department confused. Somebody used a fake name and pretended to be a department officer named “Michael Thomas.” The caller used the same phone number as the department and asked people to pay money to clear up a “warrant.”

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Officials said incidents like this are often difficult to investigate.

“It’s next to impossible for us to track this and where it’s coming from,” says Jim Baker, Christian County Chief Deputy. “So hopefully, we can get the word out to the public and they can basically take care of it on their own. With that being said, I think it’s imperative that anybody — not …