Recieved a call today from the City of Clarksville Police Dept. Officer Julius Graham (foreign person) Unit 22 telling me to call the 201 275 0518 regarding a claim of fraud against me. Need to call this number with my attorney to settle this matter they have been calling me about. No one has been calling me about "a matter". The number for the Clarksville Police Dept appears to be legit when I call it back but the guy was rude, uninformative and threatening. Have not had any calls from the Dept of Justice. Hope you all are right and it is just a scam.
This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
These people call all the time saying I will be arrested and they will come to my home and to my work to arrest me.They also told me that if I sent them $800.00 that I could stop this. I could only send the money by Western Unio, or a Walmart money pack. I told him I could not send him all of the money at once he said how much could I send I said I could send $100.00 he said that was not enough. I said I could send $200.00 and he said that I had to go through a Western Union or Walmart. I said I was out of town he said he could find a Western Union or Walmart. I said I could give him a bank card # he said they could not take that. I said I can't do that. He said I had to go to Western Union or Walmart. I said No. They keep calling. Can you make them stop ?
Call came from Julius Graham, Unit 22, City of Clarksville Police Dept. Same call as everyone seems to be getting. gave me 201-275-0518 with a claim number to call but would not give me any other information. I have been scammed too many times lately and am over it.
They are also using the Birmingham Alabama police department and making it look like the number is comong from the Police department. They are telling people to go to Walmart and get a Walmart prepaid card, instructing the person not to activate it and to call them back at 201-275-0518 and give them the code
off of the back of the card.
I JUST GOT THE SAME CALL FROM INDIAN DUDE, BUT I PLAYED RITE ALONG WITH THEM, I LET HAD ADVISED THEM DAT THEY WERE FULL OF @#%@ & TO DO WAT THEY HAD 2 DO, CUZ I WASNT SENDING THEM IR SENDING THEM [***]. MATTET OF FACT I KEPT HARRASSING THEM AND WHEN THEY GET MAD THEIR WORDS REALLY RUN TOGETHER.