CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office wants you to beware of an ankle monitor scam.
The scam involves someone calling family members of people in custody and posing as a Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office deputy.
The caller tells the family member that they need to pay $2,000 for an ankle monitor so their relative can be released from jail.
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If the relative has already been released from jail, the caller threatens to re-arrest the family member if they don’t pay $2,000.
The sheriff’s office wants to remind the public that they will never call or text you and ask for money.
If you get a call like this, they encourage you to hang up and call 911.
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