Bail Now Bail Bonds Orange County

11/11/2014
09/17/2014

Jail-bail scam making rounds in Escondido
By Pauline Repard
Sep 16, 2014
ESCONDIDO — If someone phones you, sobbing, asking you to bail them out of the Escondido jail - don’t do it.
It’s a scam, Escondido police say. They don’t have a jail.
Police dispatchers recently have been getting calls from people who say they just got fooled, or nearly were fooled, by con artists asking for bail money, Lt. Eric Skaja said Tuesday.
The victims’ descriptions of what happened are similar, “possibly indicating the incidents are related,” Skaja said in a media statement. The caller pretends to be a either the victim’s family or friend, or a friend of a loved one who is in Escondido jail.
“The actors are criminals and their story can be very convincing,” Skaja said in the statement. If the callers cry, it’s hard for the victims to recognize their voices.
Sometimes the scammer gives a call-back number, which goes to an accomplice pretending to answer the jail phone or police station.
Skaja said the Escondido station has a holding cell for prisoners, who are then taken to a county jail for booking. They can post bail from the county jail but not from the police holding cell.
People should never agree over the phone to give personal information or pay someone without confirming that the call is legitimate, Skaja said.
Anyone wanting to check on a possible scam or an arrest in Escondido can call police at (760) 839-4722.

Address

500 N Flower Street
Santa Ana, CA
92703

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Bail Now Bail Bonds Orange County posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Bail Now Bail Bonds Orange County:

Share

Category