I got the same call on 11/23/10 from "Special Agent William Rice". He was very threatening on the phone and caught me off guard. Told me i had 2 warrants for my arrest and that i would be taken into federal custody until my hearing on 12/8/10. I should get a lawyer or pay a fine to have this "taken care of" I was in a panic and didn't even think to call anyone to see if this was real. This jerk even told me the name of the judge who signed off on my court date (Peter Franco). Like a nut i got 4500.00 from the bank and had it sent to Edison Joseph, which in turn lead to another phone call from "Lt william Givens" about how "Rice is nothing but trouble and he has to document the incident,blah blah blah. This jerk proceeded to tell me that the 2nd warrant would need to be dealt with to the tune of 3500.00 to be sent to Franklin Hernandez and someone named Guzman. While all this nonsense went on, an "Eric Morales" from internal affairs kept calling me for weeks telling me that they were doing an evestigation on this Givens character. This guy is relentless, and also goes by the name Frank Diaz from Homeland Security. By the time all this was over they managed to extort 11,000.00 outta me!! My father who is a former cop called the local DEA office and we spoke to a real DEA agent. I have lost just about all of my money to these loosers and they still call posing as US Customs agents, Homeland Security, ect. Last week, Morales called and started to threaten me when i said that he is a real [***]. I always thought i was smart to stuff like this coming from a family of cops, but the scare tactic and the keywords tossed me. I reported the entire situation and saved my voice mails on my cell phone to the real DEA and am now working with them by telling my story. As for my financial situation, i am on disability but will now have to return to work so i do not lose everything that i have worked so hard for. Take it from me; if the DEA wants you, the won't call you to let you know, they just show up. Report these jerks for what they are to the real DEA and maybe one of them may actually be caught.
William Rice and Peter Frankel have been bothering me for three months now. The first time William Rice called me, I was in tears. Knowing never to send money to anyone, I put him off. I was still afraid, but something told me not to do anything. Finally, I decided to do some research. What frauds!!!!! Please do not ever send anyone any money because of a phone call. No matter how "official" they sound, do some research. I say we put them in the same position they put some of us in. Let's call and harass them!
Well, apparently they aren't doing too good a job of getting this William Rice, he's still at it after all this time. My BFF called me last night in tears, scared to death her family would find out! Same line -- he was an agent with the DEA and the number he called from was in Washington, DC (202) 239-2860 Ext. 118. He wanted her to send $2500 to a Randy Olivo in the Dominican Republic that night, before the courthouse opened in the morning, or charges would be filed. She made the mistake of saying she couldn't get that much money that quick, but that she might be able to come up with $1000. Shortly, he called her back and said $950 would do. My friend then called me at work and I immediately smelled "SCAM." I talked her down from sending the money last night and when I got home, went online with just those two names, William Rice and Randy Olivo, and found all these posts. Thank God for these posts! I showed them to her and now she can rest easy, but boy is she mad! He had her scared to tears. How have they gotten away with this for so long?? A lot of these posts go back to 2010. I just don't get it!
I GOT THE SAME PHONE CALL FROM 202-239-2860. I JUST HUNG UP!! I CALLED THE PHONE # LATER AND HE ANSWERED "HELLO". WHAT F&%$#^@ DEA ANSWERS LIKE THAT!! i, TOO WAS SCARED BLOODLESS! THESE PIECE OF [***] NEED TO GET A REAL DAMN JOB AND STOP TRYING TO SCAM $$ FROM HARD WORKING PEOPLE! I GOT MY ATTORNEY TO CALL THE # TODAY AND THREATEN HIM!! NOW WHOSE THE F&($@#! JACK [***] NOW!?!?
LT RICE, GO F&$# YOURSELF AND RIDE THE DAMN BOAT BACK TO THE DR YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF [***]!! I HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER GROWS UP TO BE A STRIPPER AND PROSTITUTE! IM PISSED AS HELL NOW! SORRY IF I OFFENDED ANYONE READING!!!!!
wow. it's years later and this scam is still happening. i just got the call today, only mine was a girl and she even said the officers are surrounding my building right now and waiting for her word to come in and arrest me for 5-7 years. i may look dumb, but i'm not THAT stupid. we didn't even get to how much she wanted to "make it all go away and continue with my normal life."
i wonder how many times they actually get away with this. if they call 100 people a day and even one of them falls for it, it's still a very profitable business. these people need to be stopped.
Yesterday, I too got the same call from Lt. Lynn Taylor saying that they had intercepted a package that was to my name and address and that a warrant for my arrest and a warrant to search my house has been issued. She said I must return her call immediately and the number she gave was 650-492-6088 Ext. 1824.
I was freaking out and crying not knowing what this was all about. Nonetheless, based on information that the caller (criminal) had on me, I agreed to pay the fine to stay out of prision because back in 2003 I purchased pills over the internet. My case is a little different as I actually spoke to a "doctor" back then that did take my history, and I had to fill out paperwork regarding the history of my health.
In the end, I was scammed and paid $2000.00 with money being wired to Dominican Republic. The caller said the DEA had shut down their operations and that is the arrangement the DEA made with their country. I was informed to wire the money to the Clerk of the Deputy Officer named Maciela Reynoso Guzman who was in the Dominican Republic, the city of Puntacana.
I feel like a complete fool and victim. Those reading this probably are saying "she got what she deserved". I can see why, but in my defense she was more than convincing. See the attached link as one poor woman actually shot herself due to these criminals.
Don't be fooled by these criminals!