(File Photo of the City of Aliquippa Police Department Building)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) According to a Facebook post from The City of Aliquippa Police Department yesterday, they are letting Beaver County residents know about a local scam in which “actors claiming to be Law Enforcement are contacting citizens and stating that they have an outstanding warrant, fine, or case and money must be paid to stay their arrest.” These scammers provide information about themselves and instruct the victims to stay on the phone and to urgently make a payment in either with cash, gift cards or by an online transfer. If you think that you are being scammed, do not send a payment or click any link from the scammers, because the City of Aliquippa Police Department confirms that law enforcement will never contact you to demand or negotiate money for any activity that is court related, and if you do get contacted stop all communications and contact your local law enforcement.