Be Careful Of That Warrant For Your Arrest
KnowBe4, Friday, December 19th, 2025
A popular phone call/voicemail scam (i.e., vishing) involves someone calling you, claiming to be law enforcement with a warrant for your arrest, and then offers you an opportunity to avoid arrest by paying the 'fine.'
Anyone can be scammed. It just takes the right scam at the right time.
And these fake law enforcement scams work all the time. Sometimes they are calling to say you missed jury duty. Sometimes the reason is supposedly that you cheated on your taxes. Sometimes it is for unpaid speeding tickets or something else. The scammers are working on the basis of a few facts. One, that everyone, even those working within the legal sector, innately, honest or not, fears law enforcement. Some more than others.