Cherokee County law officers are warning residents of an imposter using his telephone to scam unsuspecting, law-abiding citizens. It is a complaint law officers are seeing more of around the metro area these days.

“The caller advised an elderly gentleman that he’d been given a summons to show up for jury duty and had failed to show up,” said Baker, describing the call.

The suspect, posing as a law officer, then told his intended victim that his failure to appear caused the court to issue an arrest warrant. Then he offers a one-time only deal.

“Either he could pay off the warrant over the phone to him or deputies would come to pick him up and take him to jail,” Baker said.

But here is the catch – it is all a scam.

“You’ll never get a call from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office asking you to make a payment,” he explained.

If you do get a call like that, Baker said, hang up and call the real law, or just dial 911.