Authorities are warning of yet another scam in the Tri-Counties involving people who claim to be from a law enforcement agency.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office reports some people have received certified letters claiming that the recipient is responsible for a bad check cashed at a local restaurant. The letter threatens arrest unless a certain amount of money plus interest is paid.
The letters are from someone who is supposedly named Sheriff Smith Hughes.
The letter are completely bogus, and the Sheriff’s Office would never contact someone demanding money in this way. If you get one of the letters, detectives say you should not respond.
