Residents in northeast Kansas are being warned of scammers threatening to foreclosure on their property if they don’t pay back taxes.

Brown County Sheriff, John Merchant said he’s received several reports from residents who have received calls from individuals threatening to satisfy an order of foreclosure.

“We have had one person who then received a call from an individual following up on the automated call. The individual stated the resident owed back taxes on the property and unless
immediate payment was made, the property would no longer belong to them and they would be evicted immediately,” Merchant said. “The caller wanted bank account information to obtain a payment and also wanted a social security number for verification. At that point this resident knew it was a scam and hung up the phone.”

Merchant reminds residents never to give out any personal information over the phone or computer.