Phone Scam Hits Stephens County

The Stephens County Clerk Of Court’s office is asking residents to watch out for a scam
that is making the rounds and has now arrived in Stephens County.
Stephens County Clerk Of Court Tim Quick says he received the first report of the scam
in Stephens county last week.

Quick says the scam involves someone calling and pretending to be from the clerk of
court’s office.“Basically, the scam says that you missed court, we have a bench warrant for your arrest, and you need to give them your credit card number and pay a dollar amount to get the bench warrant lifted. I think the person I spoke with the other day said they asked for $300.”
He says he wants to make sure residents understand that these calls are not coming
from his office.“We would never call from the Clerk’s office about a bench warrant, and we certainly would never call from the Clerk’s office asking for money of any kind. So if you get a phone call like this, please immediately hang up, call the Sheriff’s office, if you can get a number from the caller I.D. Please let the Sheriff’s department know. We do have an open investigation trying to catch these people. This has been going around the state, and, unfortunately, it has now hit Stephens County, and I just want to protect the citizens and let them know we would not call if you missed a court date, and we certainly would not call asking for money.”