What Is It: The typical scenario is that you receive an incoming phone call, text message, or email enticing you to visit a website that appears to have an affiliation with Cricket or another company.
If you suspect that such an obligation exists, contact the government agency at their published phone number(s) to verify. What You Should Do: Do not engage these callers - hang up immediately. Callers are generally very assertive and threatening. In this scam, the caller is generally demanding payment information (credit card, debit card or wire transfer) immediately and threatening criminal prosecution for failure to comply. What Is It: In this scam you typically receive a call from someone claiming to be from a government agency, demanding that you make immediate payment to them to satisfy a legal obligation.