Voice message from Washington DC (202-239-0044). Length: 58 seconds
"Hi this urgent message is for [previous user's name of my phone number]. This is federal officer John Brown calling you from bureau of criminal investigation Department. The reason for my call is that we have received a non-bailable arrest warrant on your name and on your social security number. So I need your urgent call back on my department number 202-239-0044. Now that fail to call me back on my department number, I forced to send your local police officer at your mailing address and at your place of employment to get your arrest. So don't disregard this message and call me back on my department number 202-239-0044. Until then, thank you and have a great day!"
These type of scam calls from India come in using various U.S. phone numbers sporatically, due to the previous owner of my current phone number having had past financial problems. I've tried telling the callers the guy no longer is associated with our phone number, but it makes no difference.
"What U gonna do about it? Rap's not afraid of U. Dis-N Me Dis-N U Yeah I'm telling U!" It's already hit the paper about this scam targeting elderly telling them they owe a Federal lien & had beter call back to this very number or a local officer will be arresting U. Go jump in the lake. Claims 2 be the local Sheriffs office.
Some man who spoke broken english left a message on my phone claiming to be a police officer. There was a warrant for my arrest due to 3 serious federal offenses. I was told to pay off some debit from borrowing money from a payday place, that I gave a bad check blah blah blah. Funny thing, I never took a loan from anywhere in my life. When I told them this, they said well then I better pay the money to get this removed from my social security number and not go to jail. HaHa. At the same time I was talking to this guy I was looking up the number on google. Came to discover this site. When I told them I knew he was fraud he hung up on me. I had my husband call from his phone and ask what company they were. Cash America they said. LOL. funny how 5 minutes earlier they were the feds in washington dc. These are some desperate people trying to get money out of the ignorant. Do not send them a dime. And never ever send someone money using a money pak of any kind, Green dot , paypal, etc. They arent even in the area code of the number that shows up on the caller id, They are not even in this country. Screw these illegal [***].