Lafayette Parish warns of recurring scam by callers posing as law enforcement
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A long-running telephone scam is making the rounds in Acadiana.
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office is warning citizens of a current phone scam in which the scammer is posing as a member of local law enforcement seeking some sort of payment from the victim.
Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber said the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office does not seek any type of payment over the telephone.
"The forms of payment the scammer requests are most often non-traceable and non-transferable, so recovery seldom happens," Garber said. "If you are contacted by a caller requesting money and claiming to be law enforcement, do not transfer any form of payment to the caller and contact law enforcement immediately."
If you have questions about a possible warrant or about how to make a payment for the various services offered by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office, please call (337) 232-9211.
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