(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police is alerting the public to two different telephone scams.

One of which is being directed towards registered sex offenders, who are told a $2,500 payment on a Green Dot prepaid card is needed to satisfy a fine by a caller pretending to be Sheriff Ron Heeg.

The second scam also involves a caller pretending to be the sheriff, claiming that there’s an arrest warrant out for the citizen and a money order is needed to avoid arrest.

Authorities reassure that the Sheriff's Office would never place such calls.