This call claimed to be from Drug Enforcement Administration. "Special Agent" was calling. I called through out the day, and got an answering machine. They told my husband that they were coming to arrest him in 15 minutes, but he might "get by" with something like a ticket that they probably would have asked for a credit card number over the phone. My husband told them he would deal with local law enforcement who they said already knew about it. We called the police, and they knew NOTHING about it. The police said to hand up on the phone call if we got another call from this number.
Just got off the phone with this joker. Fortunately, I know someone who had been put through this by someone using another name, so knew what the deal was. They scare you first, then try to get money from you. Totally not playing this game. He hung up in a huff, very insulted when I asked if money was involved, but since the 5 to 10 minutes have passed since law enforcement should have arrived at my doorstep, I'm guessing it's a scam. I hope other people search this out before they are frightened and reveal info or lose money. BTW, when I asked for number of head office, he gave me Washington, DC, 202-241-1605 (haven't checked it out yet, but he was probably looking it up on the internet).
Yup! Chalk up another person who got the same call from the same "DEA Special Agent" ... and who was transferred to 202-241-1605 (another known scammer). They tried to get $3,000 from me in green.moneypak gift cards from a local CVS (etc) within an hour. Just to make the whole thing even more ridiculous, as I found out later a couple of hours after I had received the initial voice-mail I received a call from yet another "DEA Special Agent" (202-552-1056 ... and yes, he's another known scammer) requesting my "cooperation" to help clear up the matter of some illegal drugs I had purchased on-line ... yeah, right!!!
I am SO glad other people have reported this guy who's calling and threatening to, "send agents to (my or their) home(s) to arrest them".., IF we don't pay him to put us on a do-not-call list!
This guy is CRAZY.
It's bad enough that CVS pharmacy had a pharmacist who SOLD our Rx information, and this means that all of the online-pharmacies have called, repeatedly- like DAILY, to say the doctor wanted us to change our way of getting prescriptions (SCAM). Now, there's this idiot threatening that, unless I (and others, I guess) pay thousands of dollars, to him-- ON THE PHONE(!!), he will have me arrested.
I said, "these people call ALL the time, and I always tell them to get lost, or i don't even answer."
He told me that someone (the online pharmacies?) are using my name to import drugs from other countries!
I told him I was on the national do-not-call list. He said, "that piddly thing won't help you- YOU are breaking the law!". Now, I have NOT broken the law. Yet, he says if I don't PAY to have my name blocked, i will be arrested and I can, "take my chances in court!"/
I don't buy drugs from these freaks. So they harass me. Then I have this jerk calling, saying that my NOT buying from them (he did say, 'buying from US" I asked- buy from YOU? What do you mean?- he quickly caught himself and said, "i mean anyone") I am STILL breaking the law. And, since I wouldn't "work with him" pay him (!!!), I would be arrested.
I asked him to give me his information, again. After he said, as a DEA agent, he could not hang up on me- HE DID.
What a horrible conman.
Call from fake dea agent jon bergman, demanding $3000.00 in green dot cards. He was screaming on the phone to my husband, threatening arrest. I called local police, they showed, call the prep back.The officer filed a complaint, I called the dea and reported the crime. Would you believe the idiot called back this morning to demand money after the police know where they are? I have now been calling their number back every hour, because I will not be afraid of these creeps who steal from anyone. It's been fun just calling them back over and over, letting them know this is one family they won't mess with. Please report any calls to the dea and your local police.
Received call claiming to be a DEA agent, giving badge #, and was calling as part of an ongoing investigation. Refused to talk to him; told him that his number came up as a scammer. As soon as I said I was going to call the Naperville police, he hung up. Desk at Naperville PD stated he had received a similar call, Hispanic accent, and it is a scam.