The RPSO has reported receiving calls again over the last two days reporting a person identifying themselves as an RPSO deputy and informing their intended victim they have a warrant threatening them with arrest and prosecution for failing to comply with the stipulations of their PPP loan.
The Paycheck Protection Program was started during the COVID pandemic. Scammers are using this in an attempt to frighten people who own businesses and may have applied for these funds in an effort to help their employees.
The scammers even send screen shots of official documents requesting the person to send the money through COINFLIP which is a global bitcoin network of crypto currency.
Fortunately, the potential victims are smarter than the make-believe deputy. So far, no one has been a victim of the scam.
The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office or any other law enforcement agency will NEVER attempt to collect ANY monies and instruct the person to get a prepaid VISA or cryptocurrency.
Anyone who believes they may have been a victim of this “PPP Loan”, “Jury Duty Scam” or “ Failure to Pay Fine” scam should contact local law enforcement agency and make a report.