For those of you who receive these calls, please report them to your local authorities along with all pertinent information. Impersonating an officer is a crime.
i lost $1400 through moneypak card just couple of ours back. he called me again and asked for one more moneypak card saying one of the card i gave already expired. He introduced himself as IRS representative.
Same as above. Someone claiming to be from "911" called and said that John Schumaker needed to be called at this number 202-760-2344 within 30 minutes.
Very similar to BA's report. Guy says his name is Steve Williams from the LA county sheriff's office and is giving me a heads up because there is an arrest warrant on my name. His caller ID came in as 911. Asked me to call John Schumacher at 202-760-2344. Called this number - the guy that picked up spoke poor English but put me on hold and then another voice that spoke better English. Wanted to know if I was calling from the DC area - was already smelling fishy and this confirmed it. When I asked who he worked for he said he was with the IRS, but no, I could not speak to a local IRS officer because my file was still "private". Conversation got boring so I told him I would call back with my attorney.
Called my local city police but they said because it was a scam there was no avenue to report it.
You can report these extortion attempts to the real IRS. Here is a link to their press release on this type of scam which includes how to report the scam attempt.
The guy left a voice mail to call John Shoemaker at 202 760 2344 because he has complaint against me from Federal Bureau. If I did not call John Shoemaker, I will have arrest warrant against me. I was given two choices - either call John Shoemaker and settle the case, or surrender myself to local Sherrif office or he will have me arrested.
The number shown on the caller ID was 911.
So, I called local police department and told them this. They said it was a scam and police will NEVER call to let you know that a warrant is coming your way.
PLEASE report these types of crimes to your local police. It seems like that this guy has been extorting money from people. More you report, more likely it will be that he will ultimately get caught and be jailed.