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  • What are the odds they’re getting one of those scam calls from the “sheriff’s office” and the bail is supposed to be in iTunes gift cards?

    The person could be legitimately scared, but you don’t normally get to pay bail to avoid arrest, you get arrested and pay bail to avoid being held in jail until your court day.

    Edit:

    I see three possibilities:

    -it’s all fully legit. The cops somewhere are legitimately threatening this person with imprisonment unless they can pay up. Extortion like this is never a one-time event. They’ll keep coming back for more and more money until they can’t pay up anymore and arrest them anyway. Your best bet here is to flee the area to somewhere safer rather than pay up.

    -The person is legit, but the threat of arrest is a scam.

    -The whole post is a scam