The first time he got the call last year, Rodney Shaheen thought one of his children had been in a bad car crash.

The name on his phone said "TX State Troop," and the caller claimed he was a state trooper, Shaheen later told the state in a written complaint.

But the call wasn't from any official police department, and it wasn't about an accident. It was a request for money — a chance to help troopers and the loved ones of fallen officers, Shaheen recalled.

"The caller ... (said) that 100 percent of what I donated would go to the families of officers killed in the line of duty," he wrote.

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