Texting a friend to trick him into being wanted?

It is not illegal to send less than 5000 yuan, but it is illegal to send more than 5000 yuan.

According to the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud, it can be known that sending more than 5,000 false text messages constitutes attempted fraud, and sending text messages to a friend to cheat him that he is wanted is false information. Sending more than 5,000 text messages constitutes an attempted crime of fraud, and sending less than 5,000 text messages does not constitute a crime.