Washington County Sheriff Danny Bradac encourages everyone to take a few minutes to research the number of scams that are circulating out there today and help limit the number of people that could be victimized.  Washington County was hit bad with scammers in the past few months.  Here are a couple links to government websites that explain most of the scams.

www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/consumers/phonescams.html

postalinspectors.uspis.gov/investigations/Mailfraud/fraudschemes/FraudSchemes.aspx

www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0159-fake-checks

www.irs.gov/auc/Don%E2%80%99t-be-Scammed-by-Fake-IRS-Communications

These links will be on the V1047 – WNSV Facebook page and on www.v1047.com.

Sheriff Bradac thanks the public for their continued help and support in reporting these scams.