These people have to be stop are they are going to kill someone with that crazy stuff that they are during.i an going to report them one Money morning to the Fruad burea. Thanks for telling me this.
On September 27, 2012, I received a v/m from a foreign woman identifying herself as Chief Tammy Marshall from the Illinois State Police Department. She stated that I needed to call her or Officer Randy Smith regarding a fraud that was in connection with my name. She gave a number of 443-602-3640.
I called the ACTUAL Illinois State Police Department phone number and spoke with the operator who told me that this is a scam of some kind and that I needed to contact the Attorney General in Illinois, Lisa Madigan, to file a complaint with this number which is out of Baltimore, MD.
The woman spoken in very broken English and the operator at the Illinois State Police Department explained that the way the call was conducted would never be handled like this by a legitimate police officer.
I have received calls like this at work and at home from foreign individuals who have threatened to have me arrested and hauled away to jail if I don't respond within 20 minutes of their call but never had one identify themselves as someone from the police department.
It got to the point where they would call at the same time every single day and the last time I spoke to the guy who said he was from a law office, I explained that I would not give him anything until legitimate paperwork was first sent, otherwise he could "whistle Dixie" for it and I hung up on him. He never called back after that.
The State Police operator told me that they have had instances of scammers pretending to be the police or the fire department to notify family members that a loved one has been in an accident and are at the hospital and they need to have money wired for their bills. Sadly, they prey on others during a bad time and they have been able to take advantage of the person on the phone by getting their identity from them.
Everyone needs to be forewarned about this and warn their loved ones in order to avoid becoming a victim.
I also have gotten these calls and on a regular basis as well...same name and same story..but I havent known what to do..they always tell me I will have a warren out for my arrest if I dont respond and tell me its jail or call..I wish I could make them stop!
I also got a call it came up 911 on my phone. They left a message and I got a rude guy on the phone forgiven. I told him before you get started I have a stae police officer on the phone and I am taping. He said I don't care what your doing, I ask what am I calling he change the initials 3 times finally I told him I was telling him squat until he told me why he was calling he told me to shut up. I started laughing and he hung the phone up. WHAT A LOSER,,,,,,!,,,
My husband and I have been getting calls from a "officer", stating my husband should call back or turn himself in to the police.haha!!! When I called the number back from a blocked phone number a woman answered in a hostile voice. I put on some fake accent and asked her "who does this concern" as she spoke over me...then i said "does this concern my husband or i" in an accent...then she asked what the telephone number was that had received the call---i did not give it to her and you shouldnt either...THIS IS A MAJOR SCAM THAT IS WELL KNOWN ABOUT!!!
I to was called by officer tammy marshall and instructed to call and speak with officer rex coffee. She also threatened to have me arrested at my job site in front of my employer and employees. Looking at all of your posts makes it easier to laugh about now. But i live in Louisiana and not familiar with phone scams like this. Thanks for your information. The next time they call i will let them know that they have been reported to the FTC.