Always gun parts in vacuums, I swear

30 Nov 2025 - AJ

So, this one is fairly common, or at least it’s seen a lot in the anti-scam communities I frequent.

Goverment agencies move slowly. And with the current political climate, many federal law enforcement agencies are rather busy with things other than whether someone opened a credit card under someone’s name. Unfortunately, as I note in my newest page, it’s very easy to panic when guns and law enforcement are involved.

There are two situations - well, three - where it’s fairly safe to talk to law enforcement:

1. You are the victim of a crime.
2. The law enforcement person is a relative or friend and it’s not work-related. So if your Aunt Susan is a police detective and you’re having Thanksgiving dinner, it’s pretty safe to pass her the butter if she asks for it.
3. Your work involves law enforcement in some professional capacity unrelated (or related, if you’re something like an outside lab they contract to) to an investigation. For example, if your office supply business delivers to your local PD, it’s pretty safe to say that they’re not going to interrogate you when you deliver their printer paper.

Unrelated to this week’s article, but I updated the manager gift card scam article to reflect something I saw on Pleasant Green’s YouTube channel. It’s a scam where the scammer impersonates the pastor, but it’s very much the same scam as the manager gift card scam. I also changed out the advice on that page a bit.