08/18/17 – 11:19 A.M.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of solicitation calls from national or foreign entities. In a release from Crime Victim Services, they report that scammers are using phone numbers from Ottawa and Columbus Grove. The scammers use these numbers to hide their identity. This is called spoofing.

If you get a call from an unrecognized number do not give out any personal information. Write the number down and call it back after hanging up. If it the number is not in service then it was a scam.