Law enforcement officials are warning of a new online scam involving the search for missing Nancy Guthrie.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that online posts circulating about the Guthrie investigation that include a QR code requesting money are phony.
“PCSD will never ask for any money related to this case, or any investigation,” Nanos said in an X post.
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Authorities are warning the public not to send any money to strange accounts that they don’t know.
“If you see one of these posts, ignore it and report it,” Nanos said in the statement.
The 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie has been missing since early February, after she was taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
Guthrie’s nearly five-month absence has baffled investigators as no arrests have been made and no suspects have been publicly identified.
But Guthrie’s disappearance hasn’t stopped sick opportunists from taking advantage of the situation – including a California man who pleaded guilty after sending the Guthrie family a bogus ransom note.
Derrick Callella, 42, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment using a telecommunication device.
“In his plea, Callella admitted that he called and sent text messages to a missing person’s family on Feb. 4, 2026, which asked about a bitcoin transfer,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, said in a release.
Savannah Guthrie has detailed how the disappearance of her mom has been “agony and unending trauma.”
“Bring her home,” she pleaded to a local Arizona outlet earlier in the month.
