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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office continues to receive numerous reports of phone scams. Some of these scams reference current or former Klamath County Sheriff’s Office employees and make statements about failure to appear for grand jury and demanding money or the target would be arrested, or make a request for the victim to respond to a local law enforcement office for contact.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office has announced they have seen a dramatic increase in reports of phone scams. Some of these scams reference current or former KCSO employees and make statements about failure to appear for Grand Jury and demand money or the target would be arrested.
Read MoreOn November 10, 2020, Detectives from the Klamath County Sheriffs Office received a tip that, Shanadoa Wayne Johnson was staying at a hotel in Cowlitz County, Washington.
This information was immediately forwarded to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office and Shanadoa Wayne Johnson was arrested and is being lodged at the Cowlitz County Jail on no bail warrants pending extradition for crimes committed in California, Nevada and Oregon.
Read MoreKlamath County Sheriff’s Office continues to receive reports of scams where someone calls or emails an elderly relative pretending to be a younger relative wanting them to send money or gift cards to help them out of trouble.
Read MoreGRANTS PASS, Ore. - Pacific Power is aware of a particularly deceptive scam targeting utility customers in southern Oregon. In recent days, a handful of customers in the Grants Pass area have reported receiving fraudulent emails and texts from scammers posing as utility representatives.
Read MoreKlamath County is committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of all information. Unfortunately, our security protocols recently caught unauthorized activity involving information being accessed without authorization. Klamath County takes this incident very seriously.
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