Public Service Announcement from the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office

It has come to the attention of the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office that some individuals have received phone calls from a person identifying themselves as a Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, stating that the person being called has some type of criminal or civil charges against them and request that they pay the caller money over the phone. The caller has spoofed the number and it may look like it is from Berrien County.

This announcement is to re-enforce that the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office would never contact someone over the phone and request that they pay any money over the phone using a pay app such as Venmo or others. The activity listed above is a scam and Sheriff Paul Bailey encourages individuals who receive a call of this nature to hang up right away and not give them any money or personal information