Help stop the scam before the money moves.
PauseOk gives your residents one instruction for the moment a scammer has them on the phone: pause, hang up, and call your county's ConfirmOk Line. A county-branded card sleeve carries the instruction. A 24/7 line in your sheriff's voice answers the call. Your department sees every recording, transcript, and pattern.
By the time it's reported, the money is gone
Phone scams against seniors are a report your deputies take after the savings have already left the county. The numbers keep getting worse.
The window to interrupt a scam is not at the report. It's the few minutes between the scammer's demand and the trip to the bank, the ATM, or the gift card rack. PauseOk is built for exactly that window.
Sources: 1 FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2025 Internet Crime Report — complaints filed by individuals 60 and over. 2 FTC, Protecting Older Consumers 2024–2025 Report to Congress — adults 60+ reporting $10,000+ losses to business or government imposter scams, by first contact method.
Three parts. One instruction: pause.
PauseOk trains one reflex into your residents — before money moves, hang up and call the sheriff's line — then puts your department on the other end of that call.
Your sheriff's voice, not the scammer's
Scams work through urgency and isolation. The scammer keeps the victim on the phone, escalating pressure, cutting them off from anyone who might intervene. The ConfirmOk Line breaks that spell with the most credible voice in the county: the sheriff they elected.
Every caller hears that they did the right thing, hears the scam described back to them in plain language, and gets a safe next step. Their statement is recorded for your team while the details are still fresh.
Scam intelligence, not just scam reports
Every interrupted call becomes usable intelligence: what scams are hitting your county this week, which numbers they're calling from, and how much money your program kept in residents' accounts.
The only scam line connected to a daily check-in program
PauseOk runs on the same platform as your ConfirmOk check-in program, and that closes a loop no standalone scam hotline can: when a scam pattern surfaces on your ConfirmOk Line, your daily check-in calls can carry the warning to every enrolled senior in the county — the same day, in the calls they already answer. Detection on one end, broadcast on the other.
Your check-in participants are also the natural first group to receive sleeves: they already know your program, they already trust the calls, and your team already has the relationship.
Questions sheriffs and chiefs ask first
Your sheriff's or chief's. We provide a short, field-tested script; recording takes about two minutes on a phone. That voice is the whole point — it's the credibility a scammer can't fake.
Yes — callers are told their statement is being recorded for the sheriff's office. Recordings and transcripts are visible only to your department's authorized users. Cross-county bulletins never include caller-identifying information.
However your office already reaches seniors: check-in program enrollees, senior center events, community presentations, front-desk pickup, deputy handouts on calls for service. Most agencies start with their ConfirmOk check-in participants.
Every call ends with a clear instruction: if you are in danger, hang up and call 911. The ConfirmOk Line is a scam-interruption tool, not an emergency line, and it says so out loud on every call.
Bring PauseOk to your county
Partner agencies: we'll have your line and sleeve artwork ready within days. New agencies: schedule a 15-minute call.
Prefer to talk? Call (760) 209-6542
