The caller threatened that i would be arrested within 30 minutes, I would loss my citizenship, my social security number and my bank acct. would be frozen by the IRS.
Kevin Smith (he told his name himself) called at my home and gave his number to my wife and asked me to call him. He told my wife that he worked for FBI. When I called him, he also told me that he worked for FBI and demanded debit card number to draw $995 from my account. I refused to give him my debit account then he told that he would arrest me. Later, he called at my home again and was giving my threads to my wife.
I remembered this guy who called me 20 days before and was saying he worked for Dish Network. He was trying to give me some promotion but I refused to get his promotion. That time, he called me from different number.
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:
Got a phone call from this number, reporting to be a crime investigator (John Smith) and asking that if I did not call back then they would proceed with processing criminal charges against my name and social security number. First of all we live in NY and this is a Boston # and I have nothing to do with Boston at all.
I just got a call from this number. Saying he is from federal investigation and that there is an investigation regarding my taxes. He said his name was James Jordon. I knew this is BS, so just disconnected the call.