Police are warning people about a phone scam targeting credit and debit card holders.

Officer Barry Pruitt, spokesman for the Bowling Green Police Department, said police received six or seven phone calls Tuesday from people who reported receiving automated calls on their cell phones.

The automated message said their credit card has been compromised and their account deactivated and to press “1” for more information.

“When you press ‘1,’ it asks for your credit card number,” said Pruitt, who received the same call on his own cell phone. “We touched base with the banks in town. … The banks won’t do that, that’s not how they operate.”

Pruitt said anyone who receives such a call should hang up and never give out credit card information over the phone.

“If they do enter their account number, they need to be contacting their bank and credit card company immediately and alert them to possible fraudulent activity,” Pruitt said.

Arrest — Thomas Woodrow Cherry, 47, of Morgantown, was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and charged with second-degree burglary, two counts of receiving stolen property (valued less than $10,000) and receiving stolen property (valued at more than $10,000).

According to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Cherry was being investigated in connection with several burglaries reported in Warren and surrounding counties.

Authorities arrested Amy Bryant, 26, on Dec. 2 as a result of their investigation, which later allegedly revealed that Cherry acted as Bryant’s accomplice.

Cherry remains in Warren County Regional Jail under a $50,000 bond.

Bryant, who was also arrested in Warren County, remains in jail on charges of second-degree burglary, receiving stolen property (valued less than $500), tampering with physical evidence, two counts of second-degree possession of a controlled substance, prescription controlled substance not in original container, possession of drug paraphernalia and theft by unlawful taking.

She remains jailed under a $10,000 bond.