Replying to all those who were harrassed by the caller portraying to be an officer or government agent. The FTC has stopped another harrassing scammer!
The FTC "charged Tracy, California-based Kirit Patel and two companies he controls with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Often pretending to be American law enforcement agents such as "Officer Mike Johnson" or representatives of fake government agencies like the "Federal Crime Unit of the Department of Justice," callers from India who were working with the defendants would harass consumers with back-to-back calls, according to the FTC. One consumer reported that the caller threatened to have her children taken away if she did not pay, according to court documents.
The complaint alleges that the defendants violated the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by:
misrepresenting that they had the authority to collect on supposedly delinquent loans that consumers owed, they were a law enforcement authority or were affiliated with a government agency, and that consumers would be arrested, imprisoned, or sued; and
using obscene or profane language, and calling consumers repeatedly with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass them. "
from www.ftc.gov "Court Halts Alleged Fake Debt Collector Calls from India, Grants FTC Request to Stop Defendants Who Posed as Law Enforcers
California-based Defendant Ran Phantom Debt Collection Scheme from His Home, FTC Alleges "
Just got a call from officer Albert Johnson, he said he was with legal federal crime div. for fraud from the Federal Goverment, caller ID showed Unknown caller, he gave me a number call back 567-244-1998. Is this a scam?
They called and ask for a manager, And told him if the employee in the subject doesnt call them right back they will send the police to arrest the manager & the employee...lol
P.S he also used foul language
i got a call with the id reading 52700040 and the guy yelling me in the voice saying the same as above that he was from the legal department for the same mentioned above and threatened me in the message then he called again 2 days later with the exact same message . is this a scam?
I have been getting tese calls non stop for the past 2 yrs, I have their saying memorized it's always the same thing snaying I have committed a crime and they will arrest me at work or at home. One time they called asking for me 43 times while I was working. They gotta be stopped but how? They are always Indian speaking people very rude, and use american names. officer so and so, next time ask for their badge number and you know it's a scam when they say they have your'e ssn, saying there coming to arrest you. Also they sure as hell wouldn't give in fo to another person who answers the phone asking what they are calling about, right there I new that was bs, don't believe anything they say, they gotta stop taking peoples hard earned money away.
I got a call from number 52700040 just today it was an india speaking man yelling about money and asking me if i was going to take care of the matter, he wouldnt talk to me sensable just kept yelling saying there was awarrant for my arrest and i was going to get fired and picked up by the police today, well there was no warrant and the police department i went to told me it was a scam, not to tell them nothing.