The Rockingham County Sheriff’s office is warning residents about a recent scam affecting residents in Rockingham and Caswell Counties. Reports say that people have been receiving phone calls from a male individual identifying himself as “Lt. Kevin Suthard” from the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.

The caller then states there are outstanding arrest warrants for the person he is calling and demands money to avoid being arrested. The caller would likely want payment to be made either via Gift Cards or via BitCoin or other online Money service apps.

The scammer is using a computer generated Caller ID phone number to make it look like a local one, but the calls are coming from overseas scammers. The scammers are using the names of actual law enforcement officers from the agencies they are claiming to be from that they have obtained using internet resources in order to try and add legitimacy to their claim.