Norton County Sheriff’s Office

The Norton County Sheriff’s Office has been made aware by several concerned citizens about receiving telephone scam calls about their Social Security numbers, the office said in a social media posting Monday. They report someone saying they worked for the Social Security office and were asking for their Social Security numbers. The sheriff’s office wants to remind everyone.

1) Social Security and IRS will never contact you by telephone to request personal information.

2) Never provide personal information to someone you do not know.

3) If you do receive a phone call from someone stating to be with a government agency, please hang up and call that agency back. This will allow you to verify that the government agency was actually trying to contact you. It is most likely that they were not.

4) If you think that the phone call you received may have been a scam, please contact us at the Sheriff’s Office and we may be able to assist you.