Clinton Police Chief Ben Lowers says in just the last ten days, his office has reported a pair of very unique scam attempts on local residents, prompting a warning of caution.

On the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday, Chief Lowers told the Hart Media Group, a local resident received a phone call from what appeared to be the DeWitt County Sheriff's Office.

According to the Chief, there was a text message sent to this individual, who received an arrest warrant in writing from what appeared to be the police department. The Chief says the documents this individual received were sent via text and appeared very official.

Chief Lowers calls these scams overpowering and convincing. However, there were indicators of this being a scam, and one of those was asking for gift cards as payment.

Additionally, there was an attempted scam earlier this week asking an individual to visit a specific ATM that had a cryptocurrency kiosk. Chief Lowers says crypto is becoming popular in scam attempts because it is untraceable.

The two scam attempts have prompted Chief Lowers to remind the public to be vigilant in their communications and if necessary, end a phone call and initiate one yourself with the contact information you have for whoever is trying to reach you.

With the holiday package delivery season upon us, Chief Lowers is reminding to keep up on getting those packages collected and off your porches. We'll have more with the Chief on that coming up next week at the Hart Media Group.