Heads up: Scammers are impersonating BCSO deputies and asking for money

If someone calls claiming to be a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office deputy and asks you for money so you won’t be arrested or face legal action, hang up.

It’s a scam, the agency says, one that’s happened in the past.

“No member of the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office will ever ask a citizen for payment of a fine over the telephone in lieu of being arrested,” the agency said in an advisory message it sent out Sunday afternoon.

The Sheriff’s Office asks county residents to spread the word about the scam.

This story was originally published March 5, 2017 at 3:54 PM with the headline "Heads up: Scammers are impersonating BCSO deputies and asking for money."