A con man has been posing as a Bainbridge Island police officer in an attempt to steal money from unsuspecting seniors on the island.

Bainbridge Island police are investigating two cases from last week — both from Sunday, March 19 — where islanders were called by a man who said he was a Bainbridge officer and threatened the targeted scam victims with arrest.

One of the con jobs was successful, according to police reports.

The first incident was about 11 a.m. last Sunday, when a 69-year-old Bainbridge man said he was called by a person who claimed to be “Jason Cook,” a Bainbridge Island police officer.

The Bainbridge Island Police Department doesn’t have an officer by that name, however.

The imposter asked the Bainbridge man if his son lived at home, and when the resident said he didn’t, the fake officer said he would be getting a traffic citation in the mail and would be facing a summons for contempt of court.

Caution saved the Bainbridge man from being taken.

The islander said he wasn’t comfortable talking about the issue over the phone, and wanted to come by the police station to talk about it in person.

That threw the scammer off-base, who told the Bainbridge man he should call him back at a number he provided if he wanted to continue talking about the case.

In the second scamming incident, a 64-year-old Bainbridge man said he was called by a man who identified himself as “Sgt. Cook” with the Bainbridge Island Police Department.

That call came about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

The scammer told the Bainbridge man that he had failed to respond to a summons for jury duty and a warrant had been issued for his arrest.

The man was told if he brought $1,500 to the police department then the warrant would be taken care of.

But the man was then told to go to Rite Aid to purchase a money card because the Bainbridge police department did not take cash.

The victim went to an ATM machine and was only able to take out $500.

He then went to Rite Aid and purchased a money card for $500.

“Sgt. Cook” stayed on the line as the man bought the card and asked him for the card number. He then was advised to get $1,000 the next day and to call back.

After the victim spoke with a friend, he was told it was probably a scam and to call 911.

The phone number was later found to be from Des Moines, Washington.

Police said the number matched the number given in the first scamming attempt.