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Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scam

The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office has again received increased reports of phone and email scams within our communities purported to be from Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office employees. The suspect(s) of the scam say they are employed by the Washtenaw County … Read more

Sheriff’s Office warns of another jury duty scam

On Tuesday, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents of two reports of telephone calls at work from a person pretending to be from the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (“Deputy John Michaels” with the “Washtenaw County Warrants Division”). The … Read more

Beware of ‘can you hear me?’ phone scams

The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) is warning everyone about recent ‘Can You Hear Me’ phone scams. Scam callers are trying to get victims to say the word “yes” during a call and later use a recording of the response … Read more

New phone scam alert

The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office is alerting folks to a new phone scam that involves a call from an attorney attempting to collect a debt. The scam artist is reportedly posing as an attorney and will call the potential victim … Read more

Chelsea Police Department warns of new phone scam

The Chelsea Police Department sent out a Nixle advisory Thursday about a phone scam going around the Metro Detroit Area, which has also been reported in the city. People representing themselves as “DTE” call and say that utility services will … Read more