Scam callers posing as Sheriff's Office deputies inundating Clay County residents

A scammer purporting to be a Clay County deputy is calling a large number of Clay County residents today, leaving messages and asking them to call the phone number of 816-200-0795,. If you call that number, it sounds like a real phone tree of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. THIS IS A SCAM. The main administrative number to our office is 816-407-3750. Our non-emergency number is 816-407-3700.

In the fake phone tree, all the numbers you press go to the same option: civil service. The fake phone tree also directs you to a federal civil service web site. It looks very real, but if you examine in it closely, you'll find all the links on the page go to the same place: an account log-in page. The URL also ends in .org. All federal web sites end in .gov.

Other than that, it's the same "you missed jury duty and there's a warrant for your arrest" scam that gets perpetrated frequently, but the phone tree and web site add a more sophisticated level of deception. 

Deputies will never call to advise anyone they have a warrant for their arrest. Missing jury duty is punishable by fine in Missouri, not arrest.