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Dartmouth police warn residents of phone scam

By Melanie DaSilva,

1 day ago

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) — The Dartmouth Police Department is warning residents about a phone scam.

Police said the scam call claims to be from a sergeant informing the victim they missed jury duty and there’s a warrant out for their arrest.

The caller then provides multiple ways for the victim to pay to clear the warrant, otherwise an officer will be at their home soon to arrest them.

“The caller used a specific name of someone at our department, ‘badge number,’ ‘report number,’ and even spoofed their phone number to make it look like it came from our station,” Dartmouth police posted on Facebook .

Police say they don’t call people to tell them there’s a warrant out for their arrest.

Anyone who received this call is urged to report it to investigators at (508) 910-1735.

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