Scammer posing as US sheriff’s captain gets a call – from man he’s impersonating

A phone scammer posing as Gulli had called residents to threaten them with arrest unless they paid off fictitious warrants, the Colorado sheriff’s office said in a news release. So Gulli decided to call the number the scammer had left with some of his victims. — Photo by Zachary Keimig on Unsplash

When Capt Chris Gulli of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office made the call, he didn’t really expect the person on the other end to pick up.

After all, he was calling himself – in a way.