The Page County Sheriff’s Office says it has been receiving several phone calls about a RECENT scam. The scamming caller is stating that you have won a large sum of money. They state that they will pay the taxes on the large sum if you send them money, via several different ways which might involve getting money orders or pre-paid cards and then giving them the numbers. The scammers have even claimed that the money will be delivered to your door via a courier.

The Sheriff’s Office has investigated these and “played along”, only to ensure that this is a scam.
If you receive a call in reference to winning a large amount of money it is more than likely a scam. We all want to win, but in every case that we have investigated, person’s will lose money and sometimes tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. We have found that there is no way to re-coup the money lost as it seems to be overseas calls. The calls may appear to come from a number in the United States, but with today’s technology, the scammers have found ways to make this happen from outside of the United States.

The best advice authorities have is: Don’t answer any questions or give out any information no matter what questions are asked or what personal information the scammer may have. Almost anyone’s information can be obtained via the internet in this day and age. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.