Fresno County Sheriff's Office warning public of jail scam

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno County Sheriff's Office is informing the nationalist astir a jailhouse scam that's circulating.

The section says idiosyncratic is making random telephone calls to radical identifying himself arsenic a ranking subordinate of the department.

The scammer claims loved ones are successful jailhouse and asks for wealth via cryptocurrency oregon integer outgo to get them out.

The sheriff's Office says these are fake calls, and the section volition ne'er inquire for wealth implicit the phone.