A real sergeant would do that. Casey, please stand up.
A South Carolina sheriff turned the tables on a scammer impersonating himself on the phone with potential victims, calling him a “nefarious scammer.”
York County Sheriff's Sergeant Kevin Casey repeatedly dialed up the perpetrator and issued a warning to the scammer before police revealed the jig was working.
A series of prank calls were videotaped by the sheriff's office in an attempt to entertain unknown scammers at their expense and deter them from attempting to steal from unsuspecting citizens.
The video shows how Casey, in front of his colleagues and two other officials, received a call from a conman (a drunken southern man) claiming to be a police sergeant about an “urgent legal matter that needed to be addressed.” Start by talking to your colleagues about the topic. He agrees to make a prank call to the scammer.
Putting the call on speakerphone, Casey pretends to be an unsuspecting victim and tells the scammer that she was asked to call the number back.
Casey claimed his name was Frank, but the scammer told an undercover law enforcement officer he would look up the name and hung up.
Casey called the unknown suspect again, this time identifying himself as Jeff Myers.
“I received a call regarding a legal issue that needed to be addressed,” Casey said. “I got a call from Sergeant Kevin Casey.”
When Casey asked if he was talking to the York Sheriff's Office, the scammer hung up again.
On the third call to the scammer's number, Casey revealed the truth.
“Hello, Sergeant Kevin Casey, we have received information that Sergeant Kevin Casey is calling you,” Casey said in the voicemail.
“I don't have a thick southern accent like you, so whoever you are calling, please stop. We will look into this matter and visit.”
January 5th facebook post, The sheriff's office said a “nefarious scammer” attempted to call at least five people on the same day.
York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson also called the perpetrator seen on camera and explained that the sheriff's office never asks local residents for money over the phone.
When he hung up, he also said in the voicemail, “You've been arrested, stop it.”
