If you get a text in your phone. 717) 685-2319 John Harris justic Dept. It's Fraud do not give CROOKS your personal Imfomation. Dept of justic mail letter with proper adress
I received a call from this number at my work phone today.
The caller said he was from the Department of Justice and that they were filing a 'fraudulent claim' against me.
Okay first if this were from the Department of Justice, I think they would first send a letter as they would want any type of communication in writing.
The call was muffled so it was hard to hear his name but this was the number.
I'm sure it is a scam and I am not going to call them back!
I received a call, which caller id stated was from an Emergency number, and was told to call a Captain John Harris at 520-350-9697. I called this number to find out it was a company trying to settle for a payday loan service called FastCash500. Please watch out for scams like this one.
Any company performing things like this for the Department of Justice will definitely contact you first by mail.
Same call to my home. This is the transcript from the message that was left -" the translator doesn't always get it right :)"
the name of the person that they were asking for " Tyler Walker" is not anyone in our family or home, Nor is it anyone we know:
Hi this is for Tyler Walker. Tyler this is Captain John Harris I'm calling you from Department of Justice and we were just trying to reach you in regards to a fraudulent activity unfortunately you know phone as a primary suspect for theirs(?) so before we proceed further and inform(?) your local authorities to serve you and we'll-try-to(?) dress warm what ended to do is you need to contact us to notify your self. So that you can rodeo rights and welcome it free from this charges. You can reach u..."
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This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud: