Scammers pose as officials in an attempt to pressure victims into paying money — and they can be very convincing.
“They’re ever changing,” said Raquel Zick, from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
“We’ve seen them in the past where it was, ‘Hey, you didn’t show up for jury duty, and so you have to send money to clear up your warrant’. We’ve seen the ones where it’s, ‘Hey, your grandchild got arrested in Mexico and you need to send them money.'”…