{"id":202968,"date":"2025-09-05T18:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202968\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:22:09","slug":"bcso-warning-of-scam-callers-after-2-residents-lose-75000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202968\/","title":{"rendered":"BCSO warning of scam callers after 2 residents lose $75,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 The Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office is warning locals in the area about a potential scam that has popped up in the past week.<\/p>\n

Two residents have lost a combined $75,000 after callers pretending to be BCSO officials demanded payment for false charges, according to a social media post.<\/p>\n

BCSO said the first report came on August 26 after a victim told deputies he received a call from an official-looking phone number, which appeared to be from the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

A follow-up call from the victim showed this was a spoofed number.<\/p>\n

Two scammers, who identified themselves as \u201cWade\u201d and \u201cCaptain Wine,\u201d told the victim he had missed federal jury duty and needed to pay fines of $100,000 through Bitcoin to avoid arrest.<\/p>\n

The suspects then sent several fake documents to the victim, the post said. <\/p>\n

These included a federal arrest warrant, a citation notice falsely signed by the governor and a document claiming to detail instructions for resolving jury duty non-compliance.<\/p>\n

The documents illegally used the Sheriff\u2019s Office letterhead and patch.<\/p>\n

The victim received a follow-up call from a second number, the post said. The scammers on this call identified themselves as \u201cLieutenant Moore\u201d and \u201cCaptain Moore #1739\u2033 to use a secret code during the transaction.<\/p>\n

According to the post, the victim realized this was likely a scam once the funds were sent and reported it to BCSO.<\/p>\n

On August 31, a similar experience happened to a second victim.<\/p>\n

She told deputies she had received repeated calls from individuals claiming to be from the Sheriff\u2019s office over the course of three days.<\/p>\n

The scammers said she had failed to appear for jury duty and that there was an active warrant out for her arrest. She was asked to pay <\/p>\n

She was sent several documents, which looked official, that had case numbers such as 221-CV-7148, 221-CV-6636 and 221-CF-9236, the post said.<\/p>\n

Because she feared arrest, she paid the sum of $65,000 from her bank and deposited it into a Bitcoin account over three transactions.<\/p>\n

While she received a confirmation code for the transactions, she was unable to contact the number listed on the Bitcoin kiosk.<\/p>\n

BCSO said they are investigating both cases. <\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office wants to remind the public of some important safety reminders:<\/p>\n