Scammers to Victims: 'We Know Where You Live'

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says a phone scam that demands money for failing to appear for jury duty has been trying to intimidate residents with jail time and even personal threats.

“They have even called the victims back saying that they hope the victims have good home owner insurance for fires as a means of intimidation,” the sheriff’s office said in a news alert. ”The suspects are also saying that they know where the victims live and they have GPS trackers and are watching.”

The callers claim to be with the sheriff’s office and have an arrest warrant for you if you don’t pay.

Here’s an excerpt from the alert:

There are male subjects calling residents of Douglas County, or people that have lived in Douglas County, stating that they are either Lieutenant William Lashley and/or Captain Timothy Pounds from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. These male subjects are claiming that they have a warrant for you for a Failure to Appear for jury duty warrant.

They are telling potential victims to go immediately to a Rite Aid or Kroger to purchase vouchers. The subjects explain that you have to go to Kroger and have to have cash but, if you go to a Rite Aid, you can use a credit/debit card. The subjects advise the victim to purchase 5 vouchers in a total amount of $2,385.00. The suspects want to stay on the phone with you while you are doing this, and will ask for a cell phone number in order to keep in contact with the victim during the transaction.

The subjects want the victim to activate the voucher and ask for the number off the vouchers to confirm that they have been activated. The subjects have said then to take the vouchers to the sheriff’s office and if the vouchers are not activated the complaints will go to jail. They have been very forceful and intimidating during the reported calls. The phone number that the suspects are giving is 770-558-5860 and when you call it back, it states you have reached Captain Timothy Pounds with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. ...

This is a scam that has been circulating throughout the metro Atlanta area and has finally reached Douglas County. We will never contact you by phone on a matter pertaining to this! Please notify us as soon as possible if you receive one of these types of calls so we can locate these subjects and put them in jail.