August<\/a> and May.<\/p>\n\u201cWe got some of the same type of scams, specifically juror scams, alleging people did not show up for jury duty in both federal and state court,\u201d Adams said Monday. \u201cThey use the names of actual employees of the sheriff\u2019s department.\u201d<\/p>\n
The scammers tell potential victims that they could be detained if they show up in person. To avoid that, they pressure the victims to send a payment via cryptocurrency such as bitcoin, Adams said.<\/p>\n
Adams said Berks law enforcement officials will never call to demand money or payment over the phone.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post, Berks Sheriff Mandy Miller echoed Adams\u2019 warning and pointed out that caller IDs can be spoofed to look like legitimate numbers. She advised not trusting the number that appears on your screen.<\/p>\n
If you receive a suspicious call, Adams and Miller advise hanging up immediately and never giving out any personal or financial information.<\/p>\n
Miller said those who receive scam calls should contact the sheriff\u2019s office at its official number, 610-478-6240.<\/p>\n
Adams urged residents to share this information with relatives who may be vulnerable to these schemes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe scammers never stop,\u201d he said. \u201cDo not in any manner ever respond to a phone call asking for money. The best way to combat the scammers is to hang up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The scammers are at it again. And so is Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams, renewing his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-121323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}