Customer protection

Avoid Bail Bond Scams

When someone you love is arrested, scammers count on panic. Pause, verify the arrest yourself, then pay only through Anytime Bail Bonding’s published phone number, an office visit, or Simply Bail.

Call 1-866-545-BAIL
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How we collect payment

We Will Never Ask You to Pay This Way

Anytime Bail Bonding will never ask you to send a bail payment through a personal app account or an irreversible “gift” method. If someone does, hang up and call us from this website.

Never pay with

Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, or Zelle
Gift cards (Apple, Google Play, Target, and others)
Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency
A payment-app account that belongs to an individual

Official ways to pay

Call 1-866-545-BAIL using the number on this website
Pay in person at a local Anytime Bail Bonding office
Start online through Simply Bail at secure.simplybail.com

The safest rule

Pause, Verify Independently, Then Pay

Never let the person asking for money control how you check the story. Caller ID can be spoofed. If you cannot confirm the arrest and the bond with the jail, do not send money.

01

Hang up

End the unexpected call or text. Do not stay on the line while you “verify,” and do not call a number the other person just gave you.
02

Confirm the arrest with the jail

Look up the jail or sheriff’s official website yourself. Call the published number and confirm the defendant, the facility, the bond amount, bond status, and any holds.
03

Call Anytime Bail Bonding from this site

Use 1-866-545-BAIL or an office number listed on our locations page. We will explain the premium, send written terms, and take payment through an official channel.

Red flags

Warning Signs of a Bail Bond Scam

Extreme urgency or threats if you do not pay immediately
Instructions to keep the arrest a secret from family
A supposed relative, lawyer, officer, or bondsman calling unexpectedly
Refusal to let you call the jail, the family, or our published office number
Payment demanded through gift cards, Bitcoin, a cash app, or a courier
Requests for passwords, remote computer access, or unnecessary personal information
A last-minute change to the payment recipient or the amount

Before you pay

Get Written Terms

Do not sign blank documents or rely only on a verbal promise. You should receive:

The company’s legal name, address, and telephone number
The defendant’s name, jail, and confirmed bond amount
The premium and payment schedule
Every additional charge
Collateral requirements and return conditions, if any
Refund and cancellation terms
Co-signer responsibilities
A completed agreement and an immediate receipt

If it already happened

If You Already Paid a Scammer

Contact your bank, card issuer, payment app, wire service, gift-card company, or cryptocurrency operator right away and ask them to stop or reverse the transaction. Save screenshots, receipts, phone numbers, emails, usernames, and QR codes.

You can also report the scam: