Just got two messages from a female caller "Deputy Joan from DC State Police DEPT" asking me to turn myself in to authorities immediately as there was a "federal complaint" against me or to immediately call a John Harris at 202-864-1388
Got this call today. It was so obvious from the first moment that it was a scam. I called the number nevertheless, just to be sure. Funnily enough, some "Jenkins" answered, and started talking in a stupid Indian accent! He said since it is a Friday I have to pay the "fine" immediately, or else face the prospects of spending the weekend in the precincts...and the amount was an arbitrary $2,790 for failing to file Form 61...who knows what that is. Apparently I could get the "Government Tax Voucher" only from four places - CVS, Rite Aid, Kroger and some other shop! He was dumb enough to tell me that CVS pharmacy will only accept cash since it is a government voucher, and asked if I had the cash or if I had to go to the bank! I started getting angry with him and asked him for his identity...he rattled out some batch number and started getting anxious. After a few seconds he hung up. I checked this website, and after confirming for sure that it was definitely a scam I called that number again! This time "Deputy John Harris" answered...and I gave that tool a piece of my mind and hung up.
I've gotten calls from this number too. It started in July with an actual person calling for a person that had my name as the first name and my husband's name for a last name. That is when I started getting suspicious. Then I went all through August with no calls. The latest call was the computerized voice asking me to turn myself in which did make me nervous for a second because I haven't done anything wrong and had passed background check days earlier. It was followed by relief when I heard the voice say the District of Colombia STATE Police. Knowing that DC is not a state I quickly realized this was the same calls I had received in July.
I am wondering where they had gotten my husband's and my name :/