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People are being told that they are not in compliance with their registration and a warrant has been issued for their arrest and if they pay a "bond" that their arrest can be avoided.  
People are being told that they are not in compliance with their registration and a warrant has been issued for their arrest and if they pay a "bond" that their arrest can be avoided.  


Recipients of these calls have been threatened that if they "hang up the phone or any failure to follow the caller’s instructions will result in the <B>swat team</B> being dispatched to the registrant’s home immediately".
Recipients of these calls have been threatened that if they "hang up the phone or any failure to follow the caller’s instructions that it will result in the <B>swat team</B> being dispatched to the registrant’s home immediately".


The person is told to purchase a prepaid debit card or similar item and either provide the caller with the card information over the phone or meet the caller at a prearranged location.
The person is told to purchase a prepaid debit card or similar item and either provide the caller with the card information over the phone or meet the caller at a prearranged location.

Revision as of 21:33, 2 September 2022

Scam targets those on the registry
by Staff Writer - September 2, 2022



Registrants in Florida and across the country have been receiving telephone calls from individuals impersonating law enforcement officers in an attempt to extort money from them.

People are being told that they are not in compliance with their registration and a warrant has been issued for their arrest and if they pay a "bond" that their arrest can be avoided.

Recipients of these calls have been threatened that if they "hang up the phone or any failure to follow the caller’s instructions that it will result in the swat team being dispatched to the registrant’s home immediately".

The person is told to purchase a prepaid debit card or similar item and either provide the caller with the card information over the phone or meet the caller at a prearranged location.

Law enforcement has done very little to pursue the scammers and are not warning registrants about the existence of these scams.

These types of scams have been used to target people on the registry for a number of years but law enforcement on the Federal, State, and Local levels have seemingly been unwilling to launch an investigation or respond in any way to this crime.