New Scam in Caldwell County

            Over the past two weeks the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office has had three reports from elderly victims.  Men are coming to the residence of the victims posing as surveyors and telling the victims that their neighbors are in a property dispute and they need to know where the back property lines are located.  Once the two men and the victim have left the residence and get to the back property line a third suspect enters the residence and removes money and property.  This has occurred in the Happy Valley area and the Alfred Hartley Road area of the county.  Suspect are three white males driving a white pickup truck.

            Sheriff Alan Jones stated that citizens need to ask for identification and contact the survey company to verify the identification of the subjects and to make sure they have a valid reason to be on the citizen’s property.  “If the employee is there for a valid reason they will wait for the citizen to verify the information” Stated Jones.

            If anyone has information on these suspects they are asked to call the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office at 758-2324 or Crimestoppers at 758-8300.

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