El Paso County Sheriff’s Officials are warning the public of a phone scam that is targeting El Pasoans.
According to officials, several people have fallen victim to the scam where the person calling on the phone clams to be a Deputy Paul Cross of the Sheriff’s Department. The scammer claims that a jury summons was ignored and a warrant has been issued for their arrest.
They then tell the victim to buy Money Trax cards for various amounts, according to EPCSO, the amount usually totals $987.00. Then the suspect asks the victim to meet him at 3850 Justice Road (Sheriff’s HQ) or 500 E San Antonio (EP County Detention Center) to hand over the money card.
After making the request to meet, the suspect then claims something came up and they can’t meet the victims, but if they just give them the serial numbers on the card, the warrants will be cleared.
Victor Ramirez who is a Supervisor of Jury Selection at the El Paso County Courthouse advised EPCSO investigators that they will never call anyone by phone to advise them that they missed Jury Duty.
Ramirez stated that If anyone has been a victim of this scam, please contact the proper authorities. El Paso Police Department non-emergency number is 915-832-4400 and El Paso County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency number is 546-2282. The Sheriff’s office would like to let citizens know that they will never receive a call requesting payment for outstanding criminal warrants.
