BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said that two women were recently scammed out of $47,500 in separate cases. <\/p>\n
In an effort to eliminate future scams, Salazar said he sent a request to the San Antonio City Council to create a city ordinance. According to Salazar, the sheriff\u2019s office drafted its own ordinance to expedite the process. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe took the liberty of designing what we think the sign should look like, if they\u2019re able to do this for us,\u201d Salazar said. <\/p>\n
A copy of a sign that BCSO designed to deter scams. (Copyright 2026 by BCSO – All rights reserved.)Woman scammed out of $25K<\/p>\n
The sheriff said a 64-year-old woman was scammed out of $25,000 on Jan. 28. <\/p>\n
Ironically, Salazar said the scammer used BCSO\u2019s non-emergency dispatch phone number to contact the woman. <\/p>\n
The woman was told that she was issued a gag order and could not speak with anyone during the phone call. <\/p>\n
According to Salazar, the woman was told that she had missed jury duty. <\/p>\n
To clear a fine, the sheriff said the caller advised the woman to go to multiple ATMs to send money to them. However, she was purchasing Bitcoin. <\/p>\n
The caller allegedly kept the woman on the phone for multiple hours. By the time deputies contacted her, Salazar said that the woman was in an \u201cemotional state.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woman joins Zoom meeting with fake judge<\/p>\n
Approximately two weeks later, another woman was scammed out of thousands of dollars. This time, according to Salazar, a 48-year-old woman lost $22,500. <\/p>\n
The woman was also told that she was issued a gag order and could not speak with anyone while she was on the phone. <\/p>\n
Her husband, who received multiple text messages from the woman but no calls, later reported her as a missing person, Salazar said. <\/p>\n
The woman was told she had to pay a fine for missing jury duty, the sheriff said. Salazar said the woman spoke to approximately five different people over the course of the eight-hour phone call. <\/p>\n
Deputies eventually found the woman in the 800 block of Bitters Road after the GPS in her vehicle led them to her location. <\/p>\n
Even with the deputies face-to-face, Salazar said the woman requested permission from the scammers to speak with them. <\/p>\n
During the phone call, the sheriff said that one of the scammers gave the woman a QR code to join a Zoom meeting with a judge. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey actually did a Zoom call with her,\u201d said Salazar. \u201cShe spoke to somebody that she was under the impression was a judge, even though she couldn\u2019t see his face.\u201d<\/p>\n
Salazar said the scammers also provided the woman with two fake court documents: an arrest warrant and a maintain contact order. <\/p>\n
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