PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- new twist is they are also impersonating DEA officials with threats to arrest you unless you immediately send money via wire transfer / western union to some offshore country !!!!! obvious scam !!!
some are landlines...many are cell phones...some are spoofed and linked to offshore foreign countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers in INDIA / THAILAND / AFRICA / JAMAICA ETC....
here's a few other numbers posted from the same area code offering a wide variety of scams / fake emails and scams after posting something on craigslist ( old scam ) ...... collecting for non existant " payday loans "....free money / scam giveaways / $1,000's in free gov't money......... etc etc.....stories change out all the time......and the usual nonsense!!!
** mysteriously call to claim they have several thousand of dollars to send you....just provide you bank account and credit card right away etc etc.........scam scam
several of these are the usual long ongoing scams such as : you have won a free walmart / bestbuy gift card....or you have won a free ipad etc......all long ongoing scams
202-621-0436 ( offshore foreign call center ? ) poor english and violent on the phone! claim to be giving away $1,000's in free cash....just give them all your personal info etc........
I just got a call from someone who said they were with the fda he said his name is Lt. John Cortez he had me going for awhile I have been a wreck all day at work. He won't stop calling my work phone or cell.
I also received a call today from a "special agent" john cortez claiming someone from our household purchased a prescription medication over the internet. He had me going for a while even giving a fake badge number and describing in intimate details his investigation of a company selling prescription medication on the internet. I finally realized it was a scam after he insisted I could serve community service or send a fine of via western union made out to the US customs office and after calling in the reference number I would be "dismissed" as a witness from the case.
I contacted the FDA and their response was "they've been busy today, your not the first caller" and please don't let it ruin your day. This is an old scam and the FDA has a notice listing in their website It is such a shame that people like this exist praying on the fears of good individuals.
This number called and left a threatening message. I called back right away to see what was going on and it was a bee uncomfortable conversation, he told me to "go back to Turkey, [***]." I'm pretty sure that a FDA OR IRS worker is not trained to speak like that. I was disgusted.