Crime

South Shore woman loses over $30,000 in arrest warrant scam

“Please spread the word with your family and friends that sheriff’s office and local police do not make calls like this.”

Stuart Cahill / Boston Herald, Pool

November 5, 2025

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A Weymouth woman was recently scammed out of $31,600 by someone posing as a lieutenant with an arrest warrant, according to the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office.

After two days of communicating with the scammer, she contacted the sheriff’s office on Tuesday to follow up about the alleged warrant.

“When the NCSO informed the woman that she was being scammed, she broke down and revealed she had already wired two payments to the scammer in the amounts of $20,500 and $6,500 and sent two other payments via Apple Pay in the amounts of $4,500 and $100,” officials said.

This scam happened just over a week after two other unrelated scams. On Oct. 27, two victims in Sharon and Dedham paid scammers a combined $6,700 via Bitcoin kiosks in a “missing jury duty” scam, the sheriff’s office said.

“Please spread the word with your family and friends that sheriff’s office and local police do not make calls like this,” Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott said in a statement. “The callers may threaten you with jail, but you should just hang up and report the call to police. Do not share any personal information with these callers.”