Jackson County Sheriff’s Office warns about phone scam

Jenna King June 2, 2024

Last Updated: June 2, 2024

JACKSONVILLE, Ore. —The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is warning the community about a new phone scam.

The agency says during attempted phone scam in Jacksonville, suspects pretended to be from JCSO and threatened the victim with arrest for contempt of court for failing to appear in trial.

The victim then pulled $22,000 out of a local bank and attempted to transfer the amount into a Bitcoin ATM to avoid arrest.

The sheriff’s office says not send money to someone representing themselves as law enforcement on the phone.

Law enforcement entities will never call you to collect money and will never ask for payment in gift cards or bitcoin.

Jenna King June 2, 2024

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Jenna King was the 6pm anchor and our Feature Reporter at 10pm and 11pm for NBC5 News. Jenna is a Burbank, CA native. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Sports Business. During her time at Oregon she was part of the student-run television station, Duck TV. She also grew her passion for sports through her internship with the PAC 12 Network. When Jenna is not in the newsroom you can find her rooting for her hometown Dodgers, exploring the outdoors or binging on the latest Netflix release.