A Suffolk woman is sounding the alarm after she says she faced threats of being arrested and deported by scammers posing as Border Patrol agents during a phone call Thursday.

The woman, who asked we conceal her identity and refer to her as Annie, says the more than two-hour long phone call came in while at work Thursday afternoon.

"Apparently my name and address were on the boxes of drugs,” said Annie. "They said that there was a warrant out for my arrest. That the Suffolk County Police were being notified to come and get me. And then I would be deported to Mexico first to face sentencing there."

The caller also said her name and address were on boxes of fentanyl and oxycodone intercepted at the Mexican border.

Annie sensed it was a scam, but says the information they knew about her almost convinced her that it was real. 

"They had my home address. They had my cell phone number. I don't know how they got my work number,” she said. “They [said] they had many copies of my license. He asked me, 'Is this the amount of money that's in your checking account?'"

The caller told her to withdraw all her money and convert it to bitcoin before they arrest her.

"I'm not a fearful person but when they brought my children into it, it took a big turn," she said.

Instead, Annie filed a police report.

Adam Schwam, a cybersecurity expert and CEO of Sandwire, says law enforcement will never inform someone before they arrest them. 

He recommends everyone take simple steps now to protect personal data from thieves online. 

"Subscribe to a credit monitoring or identity monitoring service,” he said. “It's important to continuously change your password, and always multifactor authentication."

For Annie, she wants others to be aware of what happened to her so that they don’t fall victim to the scam.

"I don't want this to happen to someone else because that would really upset me if someone else had to go through this."

Suffolk police say officers received a report regarding the phone scam and are looking into the incident. 

Police say this incident should serve as a reminder that law enforcement will never demand money in lieu or an arrest or consequence. 

Suffolk investigators also say residents should be aware that scammers often use spoofing apps and other technology to falsely represent the numbers they are calling from.