Source: fox2detroit.com 3/25/26
Scammers pretending to be with Michigan State Police are preying on people on the state’s sex offender registry.
According to MSP, the scammers are calling employers of people who are on the registry, which are listed on offenders’ registry profiles. These scammers are trying to get personal information and payment for outstanding warrants and …
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Click here to read on FAC’s website how this is happening in Florida also
ACSOL reminds you that different kinds of scams like this can occur in ANY state, so if someone who sounds official threatens you if you don’t pay, HANG UP! Real police don’t do that.
This has happened to me several times. One time I actually went up to a Kent County sheriff parked in a parking lot and said I have a guy on my phone we can call back right now that says he is one of you and says I have a warrant out for my arrest. Would you like to talk to him? Well let’s look and see if you have a warrant first… then after he checks.
“Nothing we can do”
Of course not.
This kind of scam happens to me regularly — about every six months. When personal and employer information is publicly posted, it creates an easy target for criminals who impersonate law enforcement. This isn’t just a Michigan problem; it’s a predictable consequence of exposing people’s information online. Public safety should include protecting people from being exploited through the very system meant to monitor them.
The first time it happened, I even went to the sheriff’s office because I thought it was real. The deputy at the desk told me it was likely just someone trying to scam me and said, ‘If we want you, we don’t call you — we just come and get you.’ Since then, I simply hang up. Problem solved.
Isn’t Michigan where the ACLU keeps winning its cases against the State’s Registry, but state lawmakers continue refusing to do what the courts require? 🤷🏻♂️