Sheriff warning of phone scam

Milam County Sheriff Mike Clore is warning residents of a scam involving the Milam Couty Sheriff’s Office.

“It is scam season once again,” Clore said. “I’m not sure when the first or last day of it is, but here we go. If someone calls you claiming to be from the Milam County Sheriff’s Department instead of Milam County Sheriff’s Office, it’s most likely a scam. If they get past you with “department” and claim to be officer so and so with MCSO and not deputy bla bla with MCSO, it’s a scam. If they claim to be Lt. Jackson, Lt. Evan Milo or John Diaz, it’s a scam.”

He said there is a list of deputy names at milamcountysherifftx.org so that you can make sure you’re talking to a real deputy. 

“If they claim to be an MCSO employee and use a correct name, they will most certainly not contact you out of nowhere without previous interaction and demand $2,000 or any sum of money for a warrant, civil paper, failure to appear or the like,” he said. “Also 254-765-2104  is not a Milam County number. They are creative and are able to spoof government phone numbers as well.”