A Liet. Lynn Taylor called me on my cell phone- said I ordered diet pills 8-9 years ago and told me my address (where I lived back then) I denied it all- she said she could get me a "second chance" and I would only have to pay $3200.00 within 1 hour- and she had people watching me!! I believed her until she told me all this about the money- she was very bold- very scary- very authoritative!!! I told her I'd have to :"look her up" and see what was going on- then I hung up on her. I called the number back that she called from- it was an answering machine message in her voice, with "liet. Lynn Taylor" in the bronx, NY. the "DEA" agency!!! What a SCAM!!! I called the police and they said it was a scam!!!
I received a similar call on Monday with the same scam. Lt Lynn Taylor from the DEA was calling to inquire about an Internet purchase from a drug bust they made and my name was associated with the busted list from 5 years ago. They had two agents waiting to arrest me upon her signal and I would need a lawyer with international drug experience and I could face up to 5 years costing me 10 to 15 thousand just in lawyer fees. But I did have the option to pay a settlement. When I asked for her name and badge number she hung up. I called the real DEA and they gave a extortion hotline to call. Beware she was quite aggressive.
Got this call which went exactly as described in other posts. I answered the call thru my car's hands-free option, and my 7-year old son heard the whole thing - that I was going to be arrested, that I could go to prison for 7-10 years. Very upsetting to him, tears and everything. I knew it was a scam but it's taking a while to undo the damage they caused him. Please arrest this person!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all so much for these postings. I received the exact same call just mins ago exactly as described above. A little freaked out as well, when she put me on hold I googled her and found all this information. Not sure if it will do any good but I will be reporting this activity to the authorities.
Thank you for posting this as I received the same phone call from this "Lt. Lynn Taylor" today and it really freaked me out. Yes, she is very convincing and aggressive but when she said I needed to pay today or else I would be arrested and for me to keep her on the phone while I drove to the bank I knew this had to be a scam. I hope they catch these people before they scam innocent people.