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Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Well, maybe.

about 8 years ago, "Marshall Alvarez" called me (I still had a land line then) to inform me that he was going to have me arrested on a bench warrant for failure to appear for federal jury duty in Ocala. If I didn't bring him two "vouchers" (African term for teller's checks) of $1500.00 each, he would have "local" law enforcement arrest me and I should have my lawyers present.
I countered with "Since this is a federal warrant and you are a federal agent, why don't YOU come here and arrest me, and I'll have my lawyers here. They're from the law firm of Smith, Wesson, Colt, Remington and Glock and they are real anxious to meet you. If not, then why don't you crawl back to whatever third world sh**hole you came from. Needless to say, he hung up.

Now, people must fall for this, or he wouldn't be doing it. But I'm sorry for still considering that stupid or gullible. If it is dementia related, obviously those people would need a conservator appointed.

They have gotten a lot more sophisticated since then with the use of AI, deep fakes and voice cloning. Those guys were amateurs.