The same thing is happening to me too. I retired in July 2011 and the phone calls stopped. Now over a year later they are starting up again. I guess they're running out of people to scam and have to harass people who ignore their calls. I have a block on my cell phone so if they leave a message it goes right to voicemail. It just gets so annoying.
I received a phone call from this number one day its mark, then michael and sounds like the same man. He has called last year at this time. He is currently calling my job and I do not appreciate it. I let him know that I had looked the number up and told him that his numbers all of them are being marked for a scam. Again he tried to pry information out of me and stated that legal action will be brought against me and I will be sued, but sorry not working. His accent is so strong could not understand the agency he is with.
These people called my cell phone and place of employment telling me that I better have my lawyer call them as I have a very serious case against me. I have called the authorities in California and was advised that this was a scam and to file complaints with my Attorney Generals Office and the FBI which I have done.
The same thing is happening to me too. I retired in July 2011 and the phone calls stopped. Now over a year later they are starting up again. I guess they're running out of people to scam and have to harass people who ignore their calls. I have a block on my cell phone so if they leave a message it goes right to voicemail. It just gets so annoying.
This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud: