> After gaining a victim’s trust, the scammer will describe some sort of hardship that they are going through in order to persuade them to send a small amount of money.
The following day the victim will get a call from a fraudster claiming to be a member of law enforcement or the DHS. To appear even more convincing, the scammers will spoof the phone numbers, meaning they change the Caller ID information to make the call seem seems like it is coming from law enforcement officials.