Sheriff's Office investigating possible scam
According to Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Shannon Mellin, a flatbed truck left a sign at a county residence, which was in reference to a possible repo.
The sign listed a phone number Google marked as a scam, Mellin said.
Ashtabula County Sheriff Bill Niemi said the sign claimed the residents were being investigated under a fake section of the Ohio Revised Code.
'We just want people to be alert and call us if they see anything,' he said.
Investigation by the Sheriff's Department is ongoing, Niemi said.
'That's the first [sign] we've had in the county,' he said.
Niemi said people should keep an eye out for scams and make sure not to give personal information, like their account numbers, over the phone, he said.
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