I have been getting unknown calls for some Martin guy for years...they always say a warrant will be issued if he doesn't call them back. I never answer numbers I do not know, but it still is a pain in the A.
The phone companies are at fault for not stopping this type of fraud.
My grandparents and parents received a call from "Martin Tanner" today. They all called me frantically saying that I was going to be arrested for fraud, etc. My grandparents both have serious health problems and do not need harassing false phone calls. I told both of them to calm down and wrote the number down that he called from. I called the number and got a vm saying something about "Edward Jones". Knowing that I had never done business with Edward Jones, I hung up. About 5 minutes later, I received a call back from that number from Mr. Tanner. He would not tell me what company he was with. He said, "What are you? Writing a book???" I said that I was, in fact, writing a book so that I could report him to the State Attorney General's Office. He hung up and didn't call back after that.
I received a phonecall yesterday or the day prior from a Mr. Bernstein. He said that I was put on as a "Mercy Contact" from a Wendell Antonio. I told him he has wrong number and hung up.
This morning 1.10.13 - at about 9:25am he called again claiming the same thing ! I sternly told him I know not, nor have I ever known or had any relationship with a Wendell Antonio; to take me off their contact list. He INSISTED why would he put you down as a contact if you don't know him ?!!! I got VERY ANGRY and told him LOUDLY that I've never, EVER known this person or had any contact with anyone with that name. TAKE MY OFF YOUR CONTACT LIST !!! And i hung up on him.
Then I called him from my work phone; he answered again. I asked him what company this was. He wouldn't give me a company name. I asked him what they do there. He dropped a few words that made NO SENSE, or probably had no meaning whatsover !!! I told him he just called me on my cell phone claiming what he claimed [ what i wrote ] above. He said it could be that I'm just a disgruntled ex-wife claiming that I don't know the guy!!! I said again, I'VE NEVER KNOWN OR HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THIS GUY !! He said, AGAIN, "Well, why would he put you down as a contact, then?" I responded, don't you think since this is my cell phone that you contacted me on, that there was another person before me that had this number and maybe THAT PERSON knew this man you are trying to link me to? He said, "that's a possibility..." I said take me off your list. No, I want to speak to your supervisor to tell them. He said he signs the paychecks there.... I said then go into the bathroom and grab a mirror, look at yourself and tell you to TAKE ME OFF YOUR CONTACT LIST !!!
He said I need to take a chill-pill and hung up on me :).
Ed Bernstein called my work saying I needed to go to the police station to be interviewed about something. He said I would be arrested if I did not go. I went to the police station and they had no idea who called for me and said they did not need to interview me. The next day he called again and said a warrant for my arrest was issued. The Postal Inspectors checked into whether or not there was a warrant for me and there was not. The Postal Inspector called and the message machine said KC Colen (sp?) but the man on the phone said he was Ed Bernstein. He pretended to be law enforcment and record the phone message, but would not say who he worked for.
the jerks callled me andd said I would go to jail for a check with b of a that I wrote never had an accout with them on IN. in 2008 but my daughter did and our names arre almost the same. he was a real [***] and wouldn't listen to a word I had to say