People wonder why I keep my old phone number from another state. I would have been too rattled to think about whether this was a scam if this had originated with a local number to where I'm living now.
The scammer was faking a call from the Sacramento County Sherriff's office, calling me on an outstanding federal warrant for a missed court appearance on a hate crime from November.
I haven't been in CA for many years. The guy had an approximation of the local accent down, but made some mistakes.
A real officer, reaching out to you, will never get riled up when you ask them for a badge number so you can call the main office and have your call forwarded to their desk.
The complete silence on the other end of the line when I demanded their badge number so I could call people I know in the Sherriff's office and have his call directly connected was all I needed to know.
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