NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officers with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Workplace are warning of telephone scams that are concentrating on the households of inmates.

In keeping with the OPSO, the scammers are impersonating OPSO personnel, asking victims to ship cash utilizing peer-to-peer apps or present playing cards in alternate for securing a cherished one’s launch.

The calls reportedly claimed that the OPSO does not settle for in-person funds, insisting that people ought to as an alternative use Money App, Venmo, Chime, Zelle, Western Union or present playing cards. Some victims have reportedly misplaced 1000’s of {dollars} to the scams.

Officers need to make clear the next relating to the OPSO’s practices:

• OPSO doesn’t function an ankle monitoring program or bonding system.
• OPSO won’t ever contact anybody to solicit the discharge of a detainee.
• OPSO won’t ever solicit or settle for cost for detainee launch.
• OPSO doesn’t request or settle for funds by way of peer-to-peer cost platforms or present playing cards.

They are saying contacts claiming to signify the OPSO and asking for cash ought to be dismissed and reported instantly.

Those that want to legitimately assist inmates with cash can accomplish that via the Entry Corrections app or web site, via one in all 800 kiosks nationwide, by calling 636-888-7004, at a number of retailers via registration with Money Pay As we speak or by sending cash orders via OPSO’s lockbox system.

For extra info, go to the OPSO’s web site.

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