10/20/2026
Sherman County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple complaints of scams recently. Do not get scammed and be ever alert. From Random Text Messages, Emails, Postcards, or actual Phone Calls be careful with your personal information, sending money or gift cards.
Claims of Gifts , Rewards, Prizes Won all have a high probability of being a scam. If someone calls or messages you pretending to be someone you know, confirm with that actual person before providing any infor.ation or money. Gift Cards can be redeemed even without having physical possession of them.
📲Protect yourself and your loved ones from scams involving TEXT MESSAGING📲
- Delete messages from unknown parties.
- Do not engage by replying, asking questions, or requesting to be removed from the sender's contacts.
- Do not fall for unsolicited requests - never change a password, issue a payment or perform other sensitive tasks based on a text message request.
- Do not share your phone number on social media, which scammers use to harvest personally identifying information.
- Use security software on your smartphone.
https://consumer.sd.gov/
