Hawaii County police are warning the public about two types of phone scams being reported by Hawaii island residents.

In one scam, the caller offers a low-interest loan requiring a down payment.

In the other, callers identify themselves as lawyers or government agents and notify people that they won a cash prize for using their credit card at stores such as Wal-Mart, Target or CVS, and that they need to pay an entry fee or taxes through Western Union or Green Dot cards.

Police remind the public to never provide any personal information, including birth dates, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers or bank information to callers.

Anyone who has been contacted by a possible scammer is asked to call police at 935-3311.

Furlough inmate recaptured after a no-show

Honolulu police arrested a 42-year-old furlough inmate Tuesday evening after he failed to return to the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

Police located Ene Augafa in the Kalihi area and arrested him on suspicion of second-degree escape.

The state Department of Public Safety issued a bulletin Saturday asking for the public’s help in locating Augafa after he failed to return to the correctional facility’s Module 20 furlough building.

Augafa is serving a sentence for promoting a dangerous drug in the third-degree, possession of drug paraphernalia, second-degree forgery and second-degree theft.

His next parole hearing was scheduled to be held in July.