I had this incident today , such a fake call trying to make it sound real and pranking it from 911 . This john schmaker guy is an idiot asking me to pay 2700$ on phone or 27,000 later ...
Exactly the same story. Same name John Schumaker called and asked about money through Green dot cards through 7-11 stores. Before the call I got a call from 713-755-6044 saying that he is Sheriff and need to talk to John Schumaker at 202-470-6070 or else I will be arrested. I was just going to buy the cards but did not get from the store and then I googled the number and found the story. But finally I also got a call from 972-721-2600 telling me her name as Anne Petterson and she is police officer and if I don't pay then will get arrested. Interestingly the number belongs to City Hall. But at the end I could figure out the scam and called real Irving Police and handed over the information.
Exact same story but with different name and department. I got call on july 5th 2013 and caller ID said 911. Lady with thick accent claimed to be calling from State police and person named George Michael made a complain against me and I should call number 202-470-6070 which belonged to George Michael. If not I will get arrested.
When i called number a guy with an accent told me that he is from IRS and I owe $2600 to IRS. He gave me 1 hour and asked me to goto Walmart and call him from there. By now i felt it was scam and called IRS to confirm if i owe any money to IRS answer to which was negative.
The worst part was the mental torture I went through to figure out if this was scam or real thing. I made a complain with TIGTA. See the link below which will help you connect to this department.
Some one from sherrifs office they called and told to call john shumaker [***] hole on the number 202-470-6070 with the case id and talk to him who has issued a arrest warrant. After IC called he told i need to pay 2100 for IRS and i need to make payment right now with in 30 mins if not i will get arrested. I called IRS and confirmed I dont owe them anything. Its total scam be careful....
I got the same call from number 202 470 6070. lady sounded indian, but was trying hard to fake an american accent . She even deliberately mispronounced my name to make it look like she couldnt pronounce it and it looked like she forgot the script in between,!! I realized it was a scam immediately because the police don't call people and tell them to call another number, they come straight to your house! this website confirmed it. ignore the call and get on with your life.