Member Submission: And the scams keep coming.
At 1:44pm today I got a call from a 904-999-0283 A number I did not recognize so I did not answer. A voicemail was left. Stating my name and that it was a Deputy “Joiner” from Clay County Sheriffs department, In regards to my registration. To call them back at that number as soon as possible. This put me into a panic mode and I call the number back within 1 minute of the original call and no answer goes to a voicemail stating it’s the clay county sheriffs office to leave a message which I did. I called probably 30 times back at this number in the course of a half hour to try to figure out what is going on. No answer and now the voicemail no longer plays and it just keeps ringing and ringing, I decide to call the Clay County Sheriffs office at the number on their website. They are confused as well and try to figure out what is going on stating they never heard of the name of the deputy. The person says its more than likely a scam that they been getting calls about scams lately. I decide to drive over to the clay county sub station and play the voicemail for the receptionist there and she has never heard of the deputy in the voicemail and said also its probably a scam but to call the normal sex offender registration clerk tomorrow as she was out of the office today to verify for sure. The call sounded so official which is why I panicked. If I would have at least answered the call when they call I could easily tell if it’s a scam or not. I am hoping they call again and I will answer and see what they say. If anything develops I will let you know.
Listen to the recording:
Sounds to me like a person would be much better off, if they came to Florida to take their chances , be very careful not to direct attention to themselves, and observe all laws. Then make your visit and leave. I don’t think there are any check points coming or going out of Florida. The penalty if you get caught aren’t much different than if you register your stay.
Of coarse I don’t want to give them any ideas. They may start check points just like going to a foreign country. They can probably get the tax payers to pay for that too. Since the public is so dumb.
This was my submission. A update. The next day i went to the main police station in Green Cove Springs and even they were confused. I played the voicemail for the main receptionist and another officer that was there and they had no clue. They even went into their systems to try to find a deputy with the name but nothing. Also said the number is not something they use that it was a scam. As of today that phone number is now disconnected. It puts my mind at ease. But I am done with Florida. I am gonna try my hardest to leave this state in the next two years and head elsewhere.
Leaving Florida will not change this. These scams are also happening in other states and not limited to those on a Registry. https://narsol.org/2019/02/scam-update-spreading-its-tentacles-from-sea-to-shining-sea/
FAC
And even if he leaves Florida, there is a high chance he will still be on the registry here anyway. (According to several people on here who moved out of Florida and are still on Florida Registry)
CherokeeJ…
Yep, I am One of Those—One of those that Moved Out of Draconian FLori-Duh….Along with Those that Have Died, Absconded, Incarcerated, etc!
Once on Flori-Duh’s Hit List…Always on the Hit List….I believe after 25 Years plus/minus You Can Petition and Some May Have Been Successful Thus Far-But, Probably Just a Few!
Inflated Number Keep the Monies Coming In.
CherokeeJack
As of right now that is Florida’s law and one that makes no sense. How are non residents or dead people a threat to Florida communities? Talk about cooking the books to get more money. My question is how many lawmakers have investments in registry schemes and isn’t that considered human trafficking. I’m A human being, not a commodity!!
I know i dont mean it that way. I meant it is i am tired of Florida and its strict registration requirements and finding a place to live being nearly impossible for someone like me. I am planning on heading to Alaska. I know i will be on the registry there too but their restrictions are literally nothing compared to Florida and with Alaska being so big and wide open and communities so spread apart and housing being so cheap it just makes more sense. You can rent a dry cabin on a nice size acreage for roughly $500 or so. But i am taking these next 2 years to work on my credit and save so i can buy a home there and live without neighbors nearby, No schools nearby, nothing. Just be left alone and enjoy life. Hopefully off the grid, I cant keep living with my parents for the rest of my life
Walt
We all have a tipping point and when it’s breeched it cause more stress as well as burdens. Hopefully you’ll be able to work on your credit and other resources needed to move to the Last Frontier. I wish you the best now and in the future. FYI go to Goodwill to find winter clothes before moving.
A few years ago here in Texas I received a “sheriff” scam call and an “FBI” scam call. I immediately knew for three reasons they were scams.
The sheriff scam did not use the first 6 digits of all the county department phone numbers.
The FBI scam call out of Los Angeles which made no sense as my city has an FBI office.
I know my registering sheriff employee well enough that she would never call me and threaten me with an arrest, she would just show up unannounced and arrest me.
When I mentioned the scams to this sheriff employee, she stated I would never call you concerning a warrant, I would just come unannounced and arrest you.
I do not answer calls I do not recognize. I never returned the voicemails of the two scams and blocked those numbers.
During the last year, Texas has had issues with the SO scams.
Don’t move out of Florida because you got a scam phone call. Scams can happen anywhere with today’s technology and it’s best to know what you can do to protect you and your family. Florida needs registrants and their families involved in this fight. I’m no longer a Florida resident, yet I’m forever a Florida registrant and I understand the toughness of Florida’s laws. FAC as an organization needs you and all of us in this fight. Show up by speaking out against unjust bills, write and call your representatives, and get others involved. Don’t let Florida break you, let it mold you into an involved advocate, and never give into the state or give up on life cause that is how they win.
Hi all how’s life? I know this has nothing to do with the scams but I hav a question,here goes the registery says that we have to reside or work or go to school in the area that we live at well how come we don’t start fighting the words on how they wrote the law.? In South Carolina they said it lifetime well it also says that I must register there 2 a year now I am not there and live IN fl. So technically I’m violating my registration now they also say that one state registration is different from another states registration so if they can change the law and make it retroactive shouldn’t we go to them and challenge the way it’s written?please tell me I’m on to something Here. Cause I was convicted in Indiana on a c felony and during that time my charge was not on the registry but they made it retroactive even though my county told them there was no special stipulation on my abstract now indiana was supposed to remove all people from the registry due to Indiana found out it was unconstitutional to do so. So why can a state put you on their registry and when their own words say that we must reside their to have to register?please someone else tell me if I am on to something here