I got the same call today and i knew it was a scam when they asked for money since they started to negotiate how much money i can send them NO FED WILL EVER DO THAT. THEY ARE AMATURES.
I received a call from 202-239-0567 three weeks ago and I fell for it at first. I guess because when I called back they answered the phone, "food and drug administration." Thank goodness I googled the phone number and found out it was a scam. I pretended to believe them and went to the bank to see what they asked me to do...western union to dominincan republic? I hope noone is stupid enough to do this, but I know it caused me some mental anguish while at work until i figured it out. I hope they catch these people. The number is still working, I called it today.
Had a message requiring an urgent response from a scammer fraudulently representing the FDA in Washington, D.C.. Beware this is an attempt for extortion. Glad I saw it on the news.
Then call them back. Use *67 so they can't see who is calling.
My friend who is a police officer said if evryone keeps calling them back they will have no time to scam others. It must be working or they would not continue to call people.
So call whenever you think about it. 202-239-0567. If enough people keep calling and leaving them messages they will have no time to pull off the scam on others.
They can't even get you on harrassment charges no matter how many times you call them. There is a law called the clean hands law. If you have dirty hands then you can't get prosecute others for a crime.
I will keep POSTING and CALLING until they turn off this number and go out of business.
*67 is far from foolproof. Any line equipped with ANi will still get the number. Your imaginary "friend" needs to stick to writing parking tickets and eating Krispy-Kremes. Calling them is not a good idea, and will have little or no impact on the scammers.