Another phone scam making the rounds

February 28, 2017

The Boundary County Sheriff's Office has put out word that yet another telephone scam appears to be making its way to the phones of Boundary County residents. It is being reported that unknown individuals have been randomly calling people and representing themselves as being from the Publisher's Clearinghouse and falsely stating to the person called that are the recipient of a large sum of money, or other prize, as they have won a sweepstakes. The caller then attempts to obtain personal and/or financial account information to be used in identity theft type crimes. If you receive a call of this nature, beware. Never voluntarily provide personal or financial information over the phone in a situation such as this without first attempting to validate what you are being told you have won, or will receive, with which ever establishment is being represented. In this case the Publisher's Clearinghouse. If it sounds suspicious, or too good to be true, it usually is.