CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) - The Chatham County Sheriff and Savannah Mayor went undercover this weekend to find out who is behind a series of scams that attempted to defraud people out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Mayor Van Johnson and Sheriff Richard Coleman teamed up on an undercover mission to try and apprehend a scammer who is impersonating Chatham County Sheriff's Department employees with fake paperwork and phone calls.

"People were saying that members of the Sheriff's office were asking for money in addition to not going to jail," Sheriff Coleman said. "Of course, that raised a red flag because we don't ask for money here."

It all started with a phone call, which wasn't the first in a recent string of scam attempts over the last several weeks.

However, this time, the scammer

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