Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Sheriff Sean P. Kilkenny announced today that an email scam is currently operating in Montgomery County.
According to the announcement, the scam emails claim they’re coming from the “FDIC GOVERNMENT OFFICE WARRANT DIVISION” with a subject line of “MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE *FALSE CLAIMS DIVISION.*”
The email informs the resident that an arrest warrant has been issued for their failing to appear in court. To satisfy the warrant, the scam email instructs them to put money into a “digital escrow” via a Coinstar Bitcoin terminal.
Attached to the scam emails are various documents that look “official” but are in fact spoofs: an arrest warrant from the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, another document with an FDIC logo and the U.S. Supreme Court seal, an FDIC brochure that announces that individuals can make payments using a Coinstar bitcoin terminal and a contempt order that says it can be satisfied by paying a specific amount of money via the bitcoin terminal. All of these are false and fake.
“Montgomery County residents need to know that arrest warrants are never handled in this manner. No money is involved if there is a warrant issued for someone’s failure to appear in court for any reason. A failure to appear warrant must be handled in a courtroom in front of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas,” said District Attorney Steele. “Further, bitcoin is not a currency accepted by Montgomery...
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