Latest scam hits home with law enforcement, triggers angry response from Utah County Sheriff's Office
Utah County Sheriff vehicle. Photo: Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner SPANISH FORK, Utah, Sept. 22, 2022 — Police regularly issue scam alerts ...
Utah County Sheriff vehicle. Photo: Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner SPANISH FORK, Utah, Sept. 22, 2022 — Police regularly issue scam alerts for the public, warning of phone and online scams, but the latest round of a familiar scam touched a nerve in the Utah County Sheriff's Office. 'Scammers are blood-sucking creeps who prey on people who want to trust others,' Sgt. Spencer Cannon ranted in the latest alert from the sheriff. 'They are among the lowest of the low. What they do feels dirty!' What set off Cannon, the sheriff's public information officer, is the scammers were using his name and that of Chief Deputy Dave Oliver in phone calls threatening citizens into paying off non-existent bench warrants or fines.