Please remember that Law Enforcement will NEVER ask you to pay with cash, gift cards, cryptocurrency, payment apps, through a text message or a wire transfer service — and never as a way to buy your way out of a “crime.” Scammers have become very sophisticated in their methods if it seems fishy please do not pay.
If you get a call like this, hang up. Don’t call the number back. If you want to check it out, contact your local police department, but use a website or phone number you know is real. Then report it to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.