Spent 2 hours on the phone with some indian guy. He told me that I owed student tax money (Over $2,000) and that I needed to go to the ATM and withdraw $2,000 immediately before the police came and picked me up and throw me in jail. So I proceeded to go to the ATM and withdraw $2,000. The man told me to stay on the phone and I told him my phone was going to die - so he told me to buy a portable charger (which I did FOR $30). Then he told me to put the money on Itunes cards (this is where I knew it was not legit). Then the man told me 911 would call me and a fake 911 number called and another indian man with a higher pitch voice answered the phone. I hung up and called 911 on my cellphone and was connected to a real office - who told me this scam has been going on for a while. I missed half of my day and pizza for this [***].
911 is a recieve call system only so if the federal officers or police were trying to arrest you and locate you, it would be an actual number in your area code that shows up on phone. Same thing happened to me he was so demanding I panicked and when I finally figured it was a scam I contacted nypd, my local police, South Carolina police and the fbi. Hope that dick is put in prison for fraud!
I just received the same call! They knew which university I went to in 2013 and had my home address! I was freaking out so I called the local police department and they gave me the number for the consumer protection. Both the police and the woman I spoke to from consumer protection told me this had been going around it's a scam and do not give out any personal information. The guy eventually even asked me to walk to the next ATM, which I told him was 15 minutes away, to pick up the money I owed in cash. That's when I asked to talk to 911 and they told me I should not give out my bank number. I was kind of thrown off by that so I didn't doubt them as much as I should have. I have no idea how they got my information but the guy on the phone was very rude and all of them (even the 911 'officer') had an accent. They claimed if I hung up before hearing them out I could go to jail. In the end I just told them I would rather have the police come and pick me up so I can talk to someone in person.
In any case, do not fall for this scam!
Not 5 minutes ago I had the same call... What steps did you all take to contact your local authorities? I'm only 20 haha I've never had to deal with anything like this.