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I received a phone call from someone who barely spoke English claiming that I owed money to an internet loan company. The guy said his name was "Jack Justice." I was suspecious from the start. I called my local Sheriff's department and talked with an investigator. He said to make a report for harrassing phone calls. I called and had a deputy come to my office. By this time "Jack" had called several times. He then began using profanity and screaming. The deputy got on the phone with him and told him to quit calling. After the deputy left, he continued to call over and over. We just hung up. He started using more and more profanity. I did talk to him once and told him to send me paperwork for the money I owed. He said he would after I paid the $225. I told him I would not pay it. He said that they would file charges for me today. I told him to go ahead.
This is a scam! Thanks to him I have had to change my social security number, my driver's license, and my bank account. This horrible!
I searched the number and was able to narrow it to a land line in White Plains, NY. I called the police department there. They were very familiar and told me if he continued to have my local police forward information to them.

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Sherkay
Palmer, US
Apr 02, 2012 4:53 pm EDT

I rec'd a call today from this same company. I didn't take it cause I was at work but in the message they left they stated they were Officer Shana (last name was not understandable) with the Federal Crime Investigation Dept and that this was an urgent matter. They REPEATED MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER to me and said I needed to contact them immediately regarding a criminal matter. The caller was very heavy accented and the message was interrupted a couple times by a " staticy beep" sort of noise.

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Tina Ruffing
US
Apr 13, 2012 8:55 am EDT

I recieved the exact same phone call on two ocasions from the Federal Crime Investigation Dept . All of the information was the same as the complaint filed on April 2nd right down to the hard to understand accent and the name Officer Shawn ( could'nt understand the rest ), These people need to understand that we won't take this and are willing to prosecute if they continue messing with our lives and impersonating police officials. This is uder harrassment and should not be allowed to continue.

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Christine W 779
Beacon, US
Jul 27, 2012 2:42 pm EDT

The same thing happened to me yesterday and today. Officer Kevin Smith, (a man with heavy Indian accent) of the Federal Crime Investigation Department left a message with my secretary telling her he needed to speak with me immediately regarding a "serious legal issue"... It scared me (I have teenage sons and was concerned that something had happened!), and I returned the call as soon as I got her message. "Officer Smith" proceeded to bully me with threats of US Marshalls coming to arrest me for "electronic check fraud" which was a federal crime. He told me I had an outstanding debt of $400 for a loan taken through the internet which I did not pay in accordance with the contract. He knew my bank account and personal information. I do have an "internet loan" - but knew it was current and to my knowledge there were no problems. When I pressed for more information and explainging that I was not delinquent or in default - I was transfered to a supervisor - "Mr. Dan Blackmore" who told I would have to provide them with all of the payment information so they could verify it with the company. I promised to call back with the information when I got home - which I did. I was pressed for more information regarding a similar loan I had taken and paid back a couple years ago... and told I needed to provide all the information regarding that loan by 8:00 this morning. I called and provided the information -- but after providing the information, I was told that the parent company "CashNet" was preparing to go out of business -and needed its customers to payoff all outstanding debts asap. In exchange for early payment, Mr. Blackmore was authorized to negotiate a settlement amount. He told me he needed to discuss it with the company and his legal department. I was starting to get suspicious and decided to check out the company on the internet -- only to find that there are numerous complaints against "CashNet" with nearly everyone having a similar experience. 10 minutes later Mr. Blackmore called back to tell me he was authorized to accept a debit payment from me in an amount $100 less than what I owed -- however, since my loan payments weree already set up for direct debit from my checking account, for the next month, these debits would continue - but once I paid his company - I would get reimbursed. When I said I had spoken to my attorney and he advised me to ask for this agreement in writing - and also something in writing verifying all these charges - he transferred me to his legal department - "Mr Frank Martin" then proceeded to yell at me, bully me and tell me I was going to jail TOMORROW if I didn't pay them today. I continued to play along, say I was happy to pay- but my lawyer was insisting that I get everything in writing. Eventually he hung up on me. I am very nervous that they will somehow take money from my bank account, or mess with my social security number -- or something! I called the NYS Attorney Generals Office and reported this to the Internet Division, the Fraud Division and the Banking Division. All of them already had similar complaints. I also spoke with the NYS Consumers Affairs Department - they too had complaints. I will be visiting my bank tomorrow and filing more complaints everywhere I can! BEWARE!

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JeromeU
Riverdale, US
Sep 12, 2013 11:50 pm EDT

Same story as everybody else, I received a call from a woman claiming to be "Officer Lisa Hunter" calling from "Federal Crime Investigation Department". This Lisa Hunter spoke with a heavy accent and threatened that I would face "legal consequences" because I had a delinquent loan. I politely told her I do not have a single outstanding loan and even my credit card balance is ZERO. She was very aggressive and said she has all my personal information and they will be filing charges if I don't submit a $300 payment to some company. I asked her where she was calling from, she repeated again "Federal Crime Investigation Department". I told her no such department exists, then I laughed and I laughed. I asked her, what town are you calling from? She told me her she is Langley, Virginia. I asked her, what is the capital of Virginia? She got very angry and said she is not there to answer questions and did not give an answer. I told her, "look you stupid ignorant ###, I don't just give money to some lowlife ### who calls me on the phone, let me speak to your supervisor. And furthermore, let me speak to an American! If you're in Virginia, certainly there must be an American who works there who can speak English properly" She said she will see me in court and hung up the phone before I could tell her go ### herself, this was 3 days ago, i haven't heard from them since. If they call again, I will speak to my local police department at at least file a complaint. These people must be stopped!

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saadasim
Canton, US
May 12, 2014 2:24 pm EDT

Please whenever anyone gets a call like this, insist on their address. Explain that you will send an FBI agent to personally give them what they need. They won't give the address and should quit bothering you.

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hopeican
Glendale Heights, US
Jun 11, 2014 9:58 am EDT

ETHAN BROWN --Federal Crime Investigation- Midland Michigan Phone # [protected] said i owed 7hundred 28thousand dollars. would not give any more information. said he would meet me at the court house because he was filing charges. When I asked for more information, he hung up on me.

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Blondekat03
US
Jun 13, 2014 11:36 am EDT

I had the same thing happen. Said I owed money to the irs. I reported them to the it's, and the FBI. My local police insists it's not in the us and would not track the number. Now it is no longer in service. I feel it is in the us, the number was [protected]. I will not give up

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crazydragon
US
Jun 24, 2014 10:00 am EDT

Just got off the phone with these people.this guy claiming to be an officer said i owed money to the IRS, I could barely understand the guy when we was explaining to me what the deal was. I pretty much knew it was a scam bc the irs mails out statements if you owe anything, but I was trying to get as much info as I could. Eventually I hung up. Few min later he called back saying there was going to be an officer at my door within half an hour. I reported them to the FTC and my local FBI office. I don't know if they actually have my SS number but they do have my address. Hopefully they stop soon.

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horsesisters
Titusville, US
Jun 26, 2014 2:15 pm EDT
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I too just got a phone call from "Hi this is Ron Brown calling you from Federal crime investigation Department as we have received a legal case filed against your name and you each and every information has wants(?) to know where you're at the primary suspect. So before you leave any kind of legal consequences at your door steps as well as your place of work. Just give me a call back on [protected]. I do repeat it's [protected]. Thank you very much and have a great day."

This phone number goes to a company in Atlanta, some kind of product. http://www.whatisanswer.com/Qx6BqSolveDr1Ee9x/Nerium-Reviews-FAQs:-Buy-Nerium-AD, -What-is-Special-and-How-to-Use-Nerium-AD-[protected].html

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M. Salome
Fort Worth, US
Jul 01, 2014 6:53 pm EDT

I received a call a couple days ago to which I sent straight to voice mail and I listened to the voicemail and it stated that there was a warrant out for my arrest and I need to call them back. I got the same call this morning so I answered it and there was a foreigner guy saying his name was officer James Wright and he was with Federal Crime Investigation and I have a warrant for my arrest and I need to talk to a Senior Officer name John Mayer he gave me a case number and phone number to call [protected] which was the same number he called me from. So I played along and I called the number and asked for the "senior officer" and he said my first and last name gave me my email address and gave me the last 4digits of my SSI number. I lied and said that that wasn't my social or my email but he continued to tell me that I owe for back taxes because I was audited for the year of 2011, 12 & 2013. I asked him why didn't I receive a letter before I got a call and he asked if I had a lawyer and I said yes and he then stated that I need to contact him and let him know that I will be arrested tomorrow at my home for back taxes so I called my husband told him what was going on even though I knew it was a scam so my husband told me to call them back to see how much they say I owe "supposedly" so I called them back and I started asking questions and he started yelling at me and talking over me so I started yelling back at him and told him I know they are scammers because if they was the IRS they would not be in a call centers and two I would get a letter from the IRS and all the while I'm telling him that he is continuing to yell at me then he hangs up. I also get at least 10 calls a day from "Cash Net USA" as well as other loan companies saying I have been approved for a loan they too are all foreigners in a call center. I ask them how did they get my personal info because I never applied for a loan and some will just hang up when I ask that or some will start yelling at me so I hang up and block their numbers. This is really getting on my nerves and i really wish the government would do something about this problem because I refuse to change my number I have had for years just to stop getting these calls. One last thing I have registered my cell number on the governments do not call list and it's been on there since November 2013 and I still get calls

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Robert.
US
Jul 01, 2014 7:10 pm EDT

Officer Alex Brown of the Federal Crime and Investigation Department left a message on my voice mail stating that I needed to call right away or I would be facing legal consequences with officers showing up at my home and place of employment. I suspected a scam and Googled for "Federal Crime and Investigation Department" - found this site and several others which confirmed my suspicions.

I called the number, [protected], and spoke with "Officer Alex Brown" (OAB) who had a distinct Indian/Pakistani accent. I asked OAB what the urgent matter was and he said I would have to answer some questions first. I responded that I would need to know what urgent matter was before I could answer. After a bit of back and forth OAB said "F*** Y** M***** F*****" and hung up on me!

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So so sorry
Bellflower, US
Jul 11, 2014 3:59 pm EDT

Beware of # [protected]

Same thing as everyone else.
Never ever give them any info via the phone!

1) IRS, Banks etc. will always contact by a legal notice via SNAIL MAIL first.
2) Caller ID will always list the government agency.
3) English should be excellent.

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Miss Fabulous
US
Jul 22, 2014 4:11 pm EDT

My mother received a call about an hour ago, at around 3:45pm, from a man with the name of David Miller. First off, if you want to make this believable, at least have a name like Isaac Petropolis or something. He was calling about some arrest warrant for her for e-loans, about a whopping $1000. Mom asked "-And where are you calling from?" "David" answered "Federal Crime Investigation Headquarters in the state of Ohio." Now, this guy had a REALLY strong Indian/Middle Eastern accent, according to my mother. She had asked his identification number, and this stupid [censored] made this so obvious that it was fake, the identification number was the number he called from [protected]). Oh my Lordy, this guy was a freaking idiot! After several minutes of phony scamming, mom said to him (Now please excuse my French..) "This is a crock of [censored]!" And (here's the kicker..) "David" responded with "If this is a crock of [censored], your gonna be licking it very soon!" And hung up the phone. I'm baffled.. This is unbelievable. Why hasn't this been solved yet? Honestly, my mom got so worked up! She had to call our towns police, and then had to call because they had all of her information, her SSN#, our home address, everything! Scared me to death!

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TL2014
Saegertown, US
Aug 12, 2014 5:23 pm EDT

I received same thing from this number! I blocked the idiot real sick and tired of people doing this ...they don't have a conscious at all ! They cause so much stress on families that this can ruin marriages and stress out people enough to take their own lives! Thank goodness my mother world for lawyers!

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D. Langlais
Lewiston, US
Aug 12, 2014 6:59 pm EDT

I also received a call from. "Jack Austin" or Jack Justice, from the Federal Crime Investigation Unit regarding unpaid taxes. I told him I was disabled and was not supposed to pay taxes; He said, in a heavy Indian accent, that there was a one-time payment due on back taxes of $420. I told him it sounds like a scam and told him to go ahead with the arrest warrant he threatened me with, and hung up.

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DL 2014
US
Aug 20, 2014 7:45 am EDT
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I have been receiving a call from some Federal Crime Investigation and other 800 numbers and they will not say anything. I have tired of the harassing calls. I just let them all go to voice mail. The ones that I hear on the machine does not have an accent but they are still the same doing a scam. Why do people do that?

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The marshal
Philadelphia, US
Sep 20, 2014 8:09 am EDT

I have been receiving a call from a person who says they are from an government agency the Federal Crime Investigation department who has called me from a 919 number a few weeks ago. They actually said that federal marshal where coming to get me for an loan that I fraudly applied for. They couldn't give me any information when aske but want me to give them my infor which I refused to. When they called yesterday saying I did not pay money that they would arrest me. But when I said your company is on the internet as a fraudulent company he got quiet and the started to studer with hie foreign accent. They even switch numbers when they call it started with a 919 then 646 then a local 484 number if you were a legit company why would you change numbers that quickly. Don't let me find them lying ### cause they will get a rude awakening

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Cyn Finnegan
Eloy, US
Nov 14, 2014 2:49 pm EST
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These dirt-bags are getting smarter. I just got an e-mail from a Bob Carner at the "Federal Crime Investigation Department, " claiming that I'm both being sued by Check 'N' Go and have a court summons filed against my for an unpaid loan from them. $786.98 plus 151.02 in interest, but that I'm being sued for $8271.15. My math may not be that great, but even I know that $786.98 plus 151.02 equals $938, not $8271.15.

Funny thing is, I DID take out a loan from Check 'N' Go... back in 1992. It was paid back in full when the loan company raided my bank account and put me $200 in the hole.

Good thing I have a suspicious mind; I figured this was a scam of some sort, then looked the name of the "agency" up on Google, and that's how I found this site. I converted the "official" documents into JPEG files and will be forwarding them to federal and state authorities.

For Extortion Scam Operations, please file reports with the FBI, your state attorney general, the Department Of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission. They shouldn't be allowed to do this to people.
http://www.nw3c.org/
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
http://www.fraud.org/
http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html

Tip off FBI about this extortion attempt by filing form at: stips.fbi.gov/

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pam mcginty
US
Nov 19, 2014 4:19 pm EST

i got eamail sying i owe 1282.00 for apayday loan and his name was bob carner the email court papers what should i do

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jgmoney227
Hawthorne, US
Jan 16, 2015 4:01 pm EST

I received an email today from a an Alex Tuner stating that I owed the money for an online payday loan. I ask for info regarding that he did not have any but they have my full profile. I asked to speak to jis boss he stated that he did not have one. Any federal government agency has a boss. So he put the attorney on the phone by the name of Alfred Robertson he said his bar # was 88dg6849. I ask him what was this about je stated the same thing. Then je told me that Homeland security will be at my door.

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Cyn Finnegan
Eloy, US
Jan 16, 2015 6:17 pm EST
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@jgmoney227: I did some checking on Google, and the only attorney named Alfred Robertson I could find was a Virginia one who was disbarred for ethics violations, including screaming "up yours" to a federal judge. I followed up with both the American and Federal Bar Associations and that member number doesn't exist. That means he's just as phony as this "agency" is.

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roxanne Whiteman
Indianapolis, US
Feb 21, 2015 7:57 am EST
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i keep getting email from jason reed out of Brooklyn new york at fci g mail saying i am going to be arrested

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cornelia sessions
miami, US
Feb 26, 2015 10:13 am EST

I Bought a car on 2/07/2015 with my last dollar out of the bank on a Saturday evening I gave T-motor the name of the car company buy here pay here $2000 on that day 2/13/2015 $250 I talk with them every thing was fine 2/21/2015 I get a call, I need to make a payment I said I did not money right now but I will try and I was never given a contract to read over, 2/24/2015 3:47 am, the truck which had 2 valuable phones in it have not been returned yet somebody help me...[protected] or [protected]

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Regina Mims
Santa Clara, US
Feb 26, 2015 6:33 pm EST

This was sent to me Via email and I almost fell for it because I thought someone stole my identity and they knew all my info this is crazy. I need this to stop. I almost sent them a hundred dollars toward 937.00 they said I owed them.

CASE FILE: -
HHP52648/P21Bureau of Defaulters Agency - State
Attorney General.DUE AMOUNT: $937.00
This is to inform you, that you are going to be
legally prosecuted in the Court House within a couple of
days.Your SSN is put on hold by the US Federal Government,
So before the case is filed we would like to notify you
about this matter.
It seems apparent that you have chosen to ignore
all our efforts to contact you in order to resolve your debt
with the Bureau of Defaulters Agency. At this point you have
made your intentions clear and have left us no choice but to
protect our interest in this matter. Now this means a few
things for you, if you are under any state probation or
payroll we need you to inform your manager/Concerned HR
department about what you have done in the past and what
would be the consequences once the case has been downloaded
and executed in your name.
Now, 3 charges pressed against you, regarding 3
serious allegations:1. Violation of federal
banking regulation act 1983(C)2. Collateral check
fraud3. Theft by deception (ACC ACT
21A)
If we do not hear from you within 48 hours of the
date on this letter, we will be compelled to seek legal
representation from our company Attorney. We reserve the
right to commence litigation for intent to commit wire fraud
under the pretense of refusing to repay a debt committed to,
by use of the internet. In addition we reserve the right to
seek recovery for the balance due, as well as legal fees and
any court cost incurred.
WE CARRY ALL THE RIGHTS RESERVED TO INFORM TO
FBI, FTC, AND HOME LAND SECURITY YOUR EMPLOYER AND BANK
ABOUT FRAUD.
And once you are found guilty in the court house,
then you have to bear the entire cost of this lawsuit which
totals to $8271.15, excluding loan amount, attorney's
fee & the interest charges. You have the right to hire
an attorney. If you don't have/can't afford one then
the court will appoint one for you.
Bob CarnerNumber: (214)
785-4568Email :
federalcrimeinvestigation.department@outlook.comAlfred
RobinsonCopyright (c) 2006SAG |
Privacy | Terms of use

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roxanne Whiteman
Indianapolis, US
Feb 26, 2015 8:12 pm EST
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same email i got except it was from a jason reed from Brooklyn new york but when i searched the number it was from a jay near Brooklyn new york

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Rams1973
US
Sep 22, 2015 12:23 pm EDT
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I received a call n voicemail from a guy named Jack Austin saying he was a Crime n Fraud Investigator n if I didn't return the call by end of day they would start legal proceedings against me the number is [protected].

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MommaMichelle
US
Jan 29, 2016 2:16 pm EST
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Hello, I received 5 calls this week from an "Andrew Davis" with a very heavy, non-American, possibly Pakistani, accent with the "Federal Investigation Department" at [protected] (Dallas, TX area code) at 6:15AM local time on Tuesday, Jan 26, which is illegal, because companies are, by law, not allowed to contact you until after 8 AM, no matter your time zone. Anyway, in the VM, "Mr. Davis" (clearly not his real name) left a message stating that the reason for the call was "to update you there is a lawsuit against you and your physical property is under federal investigation. So make sure you call me back the very next second you receive this message. Have a good day." My guess is that because I never answered the next two times the same guy called on Tues, or the two more times he called on Wed., that he gave up and went looking for other victims, because it's now 3 days later and I haven't rec'd a call since Wed. evening. Also, those who stated they rec'd emails, it's obvious the email is a scam because it doesn't end with ".gov" but ".outlook"...check the websites/email addresses of any U.S. gov't agency and they all end in ".gov"

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Shantil Pittman
US
Mar 28, 2016 4:46 pm EDT

I too have received a call from a man named John Harris who spoke wit a very deep Indian accent sayin I owe over 1000 dollars to some kind of pendings against my name he hasn't said exactly wat these pending things are all I kno is I never took out a loan of any kind from any where I dnt even have a bank account currently, I dnt kno if they have my SSN BUT, they did say if I fail to pay it off if have to go to court to dispute it & me being a single mint her bein affraid to be taken from my child or forced to get fired because of this I've been payin them, but recently I've looked into the company & seen so many complaints about them, I'm gonna call my local sheriffs department & the FBI & IRS because I dnt understand how these people are gettin our information so easily something has to be done I've lost a lot of money to these people & im very angry about it, I will no longer be payin these people & will be blockin their calls, the number is [protected] & [protected], they won't get another penny from me

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zdanovim
US
Aug 19, 2016 6:56 pm EDT
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My story is the same as all of the above, except this guy said he was both "Kevin Mason" and "Sean Connery" and sadi it with a perhaps a Caribbean accent. Very stacatto-like, so it could be interpreted as Indian as some of the folks claimed above. How could anyone take this seriously. I certainly didn't. Besides, he sounds uneducated and barely able to read the script in front of him. Anyway, if you want to harass them back the number is [protected]. I've lodged two compalints with the FTC for harassing me and demanding money. I've also cut my landline (I was going to do it anyway)and blocked him/them on my cell. ###s!

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Beniam
US
Jan 18, 2019 12:08 pm EST

I just got a call from Nancy Williams who sounded more of an Indian woman. After she told me she was from the federal crime investigation office and told me that I owe Over $5k to the IRS I played along and got transferred to another officer who told me that I can resolve this outside the court house. while he was talking I looked him up and he is a scam which he actually admitted and told "how do you thing I got your information Ill get you". I hung up! do people fell for this?

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Cynthia Strong
US
Sep 22, 2019 4:04 pm EDT
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I received a phone call from a Fred Harper Attorney General ( in New Orleans with a Utah cell number) and Jonathon Williams Sr stating I was a 2, 5 million winner of a Good Housekeeping sweep steaks.
They eventually wanted 150 thousand dollars to supposedly pay Social Security taxes.
Without going into the entire event, I am here to say that no matter how I have filed with the FBI, I cannot complete the IC3 form because I do not have the information they require,
Try and call them and all you get is instructions to go on line
I am very frustrated.
Also notified Social Security with no problem at all.

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