Scam targets those on the registry

News Boys Art and Entertainment LGBT+ RSOL Politics Science, Technology, Health Current events Deaths Scam targets those on the registry by Staff Writer - September , 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 will result in the swat team being dispatched to the registrant’s home immediately".