Police say a scammer impersonated Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner in an attempt to trick a man into sending money, police say.

On Thursday, a 24-year-old Lincoln man told the Lincoln Police Department that he began texting a woman he met on the free online dating app Plenty of Fish. The woman claimed she was 19 and began sending explicit images.

Shortly after, police say the man got a call from someone claiming to be from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office saying the woman was a minor and her parents wanted to press charges. When police officers called back the number, the voicemail claimed to be Wagner.

The man also received text messages from other numbers claiming to be the woman’s father asking for money to avoid criminal action and to pay for therapy.

The man did not send

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