The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and area Law Enforcement throughout Cumberland County are experiencing a higher than usual call volume regarding fraudulent scam calls.

The calls being placed are from individuals identifying themselves over the phone as various Law Enforcement Officials from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. The scammers are using a tactic that the person contacted has “Missed Federal Grand Jury Summon”. The scammer then instructed the person to withdraw funds from their financial institutions, procure gift cards and relay the information from the gift cards to the callers.

The calls are generally placed from cellular numbers that have been computer generated or otherwise are not legitimate contact numbers for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and other Law Enforcement DO NOT conduct business in this manner and encourage individuals contacted to pay close attention and not provide any personal or financial information to anyone over the phone.

Further inquiries can be addressed to: Captain Craig Smith, smith@cumberlandcounty.org.