Afton Police Chief John Colter reports the Afton Police Department has taken a report from a local citizen concerning a consumer fraud scam. On Saturday the individual was downloading what he thought was a You Tube update to his cell phone, when he received a message claiming to be from the FBI and that the person was being investigated for receiving porn on the cell phone.

According to the message this person needed to pay a $500 fine by Pay Pal Account to a person alleging to be an FBI Agent to regain access to the cell phone. The Afton Police Department was contacted and it was determined to be a scam. The FBI will not contact a person in this manner and will not require a fine to be paid prior to conviction of a crime.

The Afton Police Department encourages people to report scams of this nature to their local law enforcement agencies.