Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Police Department says a phone scammer has been contacting Jamestown residents.

Detective Dale Ackland says individuals have told police that they have received a call listed as a New York phone number as the caller said they were a law enforcement agency saying the person answering the phone had a legal problem that could be resolved by sending money.

Ackland says people should just hang up on the caller, and notify Jamestown Police, at 701-252-2414.