Sheriff John Armer would like to inform the community of the following scam perpetrated in Southern Gila County.
On July 29th, 2008, a Deputy from the Gila County Sheriff's Office took a report of a stolen vehicle from a residence in the Central Heights area. It was reported that a male with long dark hair approx. 5' 11" and weighing between 200-250 pounds and a female with long dark hair approx. 5' 6" and weighing about 140 pounds contacted the victim advising they were there to reposses his vehicle. Both individuals had tattoos the full lengths of both arms.
The victim was shown fraudulent repossession paperwork and the suspects were driving an older white pickup truck with a towing apparatus mounted to the rear of the vehicle. The victim was later contacted by his financial institution in regards to his payment on the vehicle at which time he indicated that the vehicle had already been repossessed. The victim learned from his finanvial institution that they had not repossessed the vehicle. It was at this point that the victim realized he had fallen for a scam perpetrated by the suspects to steal his vehicle.
Should anyone have questions concerning a reposession of a vehicle, please contact the Gila County Sheriff's Office or your financial institution.