Sheriff warns on scam

There is currently an ongoing SCAM where the caller calls individuals and claims he is with the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office and that they have an outstanding warrant for their arrest. They will instruct you to come the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office and then while you are in route, they will contact you and instruct you to stop and pickup gift cards in certain denominations to pay your fine or bond. They will then ask for the numbers on the cards so that they can verify that you picked them up. Once they have the numbers, they can get the money from the cards.
The Wichita County Sheriff’s Office, the County Judge the Commissioner’s Court Secretary nor any other Judge does not contact individuals by telephone who have outstanding warrants. If you receive such calls, please do not give out your identifying information. They may have gotten you name from social media or other outlets.
Hang up and notify law enforcement if you receive such calls.
For further information, contact Deputy Melvin Joyner at 940-766-8170, ext. 4016.
Joyner said: The Wichita County Sheriff’s Office will not contact you over the phone if you have missed jury duty or if you have a warrant for your arrest. You will be contacted via mail for jury request or missing a court date. You will never be asked to process any sort of payment over the phone.
If you are contacted by someone from the Sheriff’s Office and have any question regarding the legitimacy of the information please call the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office at (940)766-8100 ext. 8170.

Deputy Melvin Joyner
Wichita County Sheriff’s Office
Community Services Unit

Office: 940-766-8170 ext. 4016
Fax: 940-766-8102
Cell: 940-781-2740