A phone scammer demanded $2,400 (£1,800) to clear a fake arrest warrant. His target turned out to be a serving police captain, who recorded the entire call.
Jacob Morris, a 16-year veteran of the Lorain Police Department in Ohio, took a call from a man claiming to work for a neighbouring sheriff's department. 'How you doing? This is Captain Michael, Medina County Sheriff's Department warrant division,' the caller began. He told Morris he had missed jury duty, that a warrant was about to be issued for his arrest, and that the matter could be settled with a single payment.
