some phsyco called me with and indian accent saying that i am under arrest for som leagl matter would not say what hang up on me calling me names had my personal info ss# address and acalled my business
I got the same phone call but from # 954-342-5710 wanted me to send money through my debit card or western union to jersey city to a mr paresh choithani eerie
I had the same incident, the guy had an Indian or Arabic accent stating my son's name, ss#, and address saying that he had some legal issues and wanted him to call him back at this number. He said his name was Office Sean Michaels. He didn't even know how to pronounce the state name correctly.
This guy loves to call and issue hollow threats, he called me and once i called him back all he does is scream and then hangs up. I verified he is not with Dallas PD. If this guy gets on the phone with you he will not talk, just yell. Call him every so often try to talk to him, HE WONT. Also, his number is a cell #. I intend to keep calling him till he tells me what he wants. I am on medical leave for a few more weeks, so i have plenty of free time. If anyone else gets a # for him post here. Have a great day!
Ignore their threats; it's a scam aimed at stealing your money.
This is a very active group of overseas scammers who attempt to extort money from Americans with a myriad of false and illegal threats. They alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office, Morgan Associates, White Collar Crime Unit and many more. These crooks also use caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location and to make it appear that they are calling from American area codes.
One thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. I suggest you do all the following (most of which you can do online):
1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.
2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone and give them all the details.
3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone. Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.
4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org
5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)
By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that they're laughable: