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.
Lt. Rice said the exact same thing to me as he did the rest of you guys. It scared me to death so I called the DEA's office in Baltimore and they said it was a scam and literally said "if he calls you again, tell him to go to hell". I wanted further confirmation so I called the DEA's office for general information (found the number online (202-307-1000) and talked to them. They said they had received a couple of similar calls and they were starting an investigation. I'm glad people have taken the time to write their experiences on here - it really helped me. I don't scare easily but this guy was very convincing and scared the crap out of me.
I told that [***] that I thought it was scam and he got scared and told me to have my attorney contact them and hung-up the phone. I don't think any DEA agents are going to hang-up the phone. I'd love to choke the life out of these guys who have nothing better to do than breath my air and waste my time. I'm sure there's a special place in hell for them.
Don't let them get to you. Ask for spacific information like: What is your name, badge number, office and a number to call you back. Them tell them that you'll have your attorney call back and when would be a good time?
I simply keep asking "how can I help you?" I guess he wasn't prepared for a straight question. I knew it was a scam from second one. The guy sounded like he had no education.
Feb. 25,2010 rec'd message to call Lt. William Rice back and said he was fron the DEA in Baltimore. He gave me the same line of crap. I asked why would someone send me drugs without getting paid. He asked me a few questions and then told me I would spend 36 mons. in a Fed. prison or 12 if I cooperated. He told me I had a court date of 3/15/10. The phone kept breaking up finally I told him my lawyer would call which he did and this idiot tried to give the lawyer the same b.s. You can't trust ANYONE the criminals or the cops, these people never get caught and we just keep getting scammed.
My Call from Lt. Rice came from Knoxville or Nashville, TN.
Same exact scam and I bought it but called the DEA offices in Chattanoga and Knoxville.
Luckily I found out about the scam prior to send anything to Santa Domingo.
This guy was intelligent speaking, well informed and had personal information about what I ordered and my address.
DEA has followed up for more information which I provided.
If any of you guys know the website or phone of the place that you ordered from call Knoxville DEA at 865-584-9364 and inform them. It's probable that this guy has records from that site and DEA will follow up.
Thanks
Joe