Phone scam going around in which scammer pretends to be Beaver County Sheriff's office captain to steal money and personal information

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) According to a release from the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office, a phone scam is going around that the office answered in which a scammer identified himself as Captain Jay Alstadt. That person also told the office that someone did not go to jury duty and had warrants because of it. Scammers try to make you give personal information to pay them, so the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office advises to not give out that information or to contact them at 724-770-4602.