OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A couple was nearly scammed out of more than $12,000, when they received a call from someone impersonating as a law enforcement official. They say it all seemed legitimate because it came from someone who said they were an Oklahoma County Sheriff's deputy. LOCAL NEWS: SNAP Benefits continue to be swiped from Oklahomans Lesley March, who is an assistant district attorney, says her husband was called and told he had a warrant. March said everything seemed real until she looked over the paperwork that was sent to them. "This person was saying, you need to turn yourself in immediately, you failed to appear in federal court," March said. The warrant was apparently for a loan her husband received during the pandemic. "They have my husband's loan number, the amount of the loan, the bank that it was from," March said. "So, you know, just for a few minutes, you're thinking, what in the world, did we miss something?" They were worried, so they asked the person who called to send paperwork over, showing what they were claiming. "The form that they use, they look very legitimate," March said. Even when they called the number back and it went to voicemail, it sounded real. However, March, being an assistant district attorney, along with a couple of work friends, looked closely at the paperwork and started seeing errors. "It said the District Court of Oklahoma, instead of in the Western District of Oklahoma," March said. "The certified mail where the signature was, showed a literal stamp that you would get from the post office as opposed to a postage machine. The tracker on the certified mail, that number, we attempted to track that and it came back is not found." Once they put the pieces together and realized it was a scam, they were relieved, but couldn't believe the extent at which someone would try to go, to scam you. "I just think people need to be very careful before they let go of their money," March said. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office is aware of recent scams impersonating their deputy's. They posted tips on how to identify if it is a scam on their Facebook page.