DODGE COUNTY — A call from a telephone scammer can be an annoying, or even scary experience for the person who picks up the call.

According to a report today by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a scam artist claiming to be from the IRS called the wrong guy, when they tried telling Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt that he was the subject of a lawsuit.

Schmidt called the apparent scam artist back, and one of the most unlikely phone conversations between law enforcement and a fraudster ensued: