{"id":2378,"date":"2013-09-20T01:04:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T05:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2013-09-20T01:04:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T05:04:29","slug":"police-warn-of-sheriff-telephone-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=2378","title":{"rendered":"Police warn of &#8216;sheriff&#8217; telephone scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Caller threatens arrest if residents don&#8217;t cooperate<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/wwpd-patch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2379\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"wwpd patch\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/wwpd-patch.png\" width=\"175\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>West Whiteland Township Police want to warn residents about a telephone scam in the area.\u00a0 A caller, identifying himself as a \u2018sheriff\u2019, contacted a residence and accused the family of not having paid taxes.\u00a0 He informed the call recipient the family was about to be arrested unless they cooperated, and then asked questions regarding personal identification of household members.\u00a0 He made reference to the family being of Indian descent and even spoke briefly in Hindi.<\/p>\n<p>The call suddenly ended, either by the caller hanging up, or by an interruption in service.\u00a0 This incident resembles other recent events in the metropolitan area.\u00a0 Residents are cautioned about giving out personal information over the phone.\u00a0 Before providing anything, insist on the caller\u2019s full name, affiliation, and callback number.\u00a0 Hang up and call your local law enforcement agency to file a report and verify the legitimacy of the caller.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdf24Plugin-cp\"> \t<form name=\"pdf24Form0\" method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/doc2pdf.pdf24.org\/wordpress.php\" target=\"pdf24PopWin\" onsubmit=\"var pdf24Win = window.open('about:blank', 'pdf24PopWin', 'resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,width=600,height=250,left='+(screen.width\/2-300)+',top='+(screen.height\/3-125)+''); 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