PCSO Reports Latest Phone Scam Targeting Residents

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office would like to inform everyone of a recent scam wherein unidentified individual(s) are calling residents and telling them they’ve missed jury duty.

While posing as law enforcement personnel, the caller(s) instruct residents to pay a certain amount of money or else an arrest warrant will be issued.

Anyone who falls victim to this scam is encouraged to contact the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office at 864-898-5500 or your local law enforcement agency.