PHONE_SCAMCarrington (CSi) Sheriff Ian Mattice, is warning Foster County residents of a scam making the rounds involving the department.

He says a male individual is calling residents and falsely representing himself as a Foster County Deputy. The male says that there are current warrants out for people and that if they pay him the bond money, the department will not have to come and get them.

Mattice says this is a scam because Sheriff Office’s doesn’t handle with warrants in that manner.

The caller is identifying themselves as Deputy Mark Hallowell or Captain Halloway.

Anyone receive a call similar to that should hang up and contact the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office immediately.

The Foster County Sheriff’s Department may also be contacted for a futher explanation.