I got the same call today but it was from a Brian Castellano...he as called me 14 times today!!!..wanted me to send him money thru western union.He siad I had 30 mins to do so or i would be Arrested He said he was with the DEA.. What did you do??
THIS IS AN EXTORTION SCAM. Scammers pretend to be law enforcement (police, sheriff, Feds, AG's Office, fake cop agencies with made-up names) and may be using bought/hacked/phished loan application data to extort money or personal info for fictitious crimes.
The real DEA warns about fake-DEA extortion scams here http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/denver111010.html
The real FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The real FBI warns again http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releas ... nt-payday-loans
The real FDA warns about fake-FDA extortion scams here http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm195814.htm
The real FDIC warns about fake-FDIC extortion scams here http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/specialalert/2010/sa10131.html
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php as appropriate.
I got the same call today but it was from a Brian Castellano...he as called me 14 times today!!!..wanted me to send him money thru western union.He siad I had 30 mins to do so or i would be Arrested He said he was with the DEA.. What did you do??
Stop answering the calls. If your phone allows you to assign ring tones to specific numbers assign this number the ring tone "no ring" to make the calls easier to ignore. Contact your phone provider to see if calls from this number can be blocked.
The caller is NOT from the DEA. Thats not how they work.
ya what's up with that? Sounds like a scam to me.........since when does the
DEA give you a courtesy call warning you that you about to be arrested? Duh, ya right! Thanks for the heads up DEA............