Same thing here. I have gotten calls at home. They come in spurts, every couple months for a few days then stop for awhile and come back with a different number. This time they left a message on my work number. I can block it at home, but not at work. Needs to be a better way to stop it. I've reported it to the Better Business Bureau, the state Attorney General's office and will use the link in these posts to report to the FTC as well. It's definitely a scam, but I don't want these messages left on my work phone and possibly jeopardizing my job.
got a call from this number says he was Tom Cooper, very heavy accent. Stating he called to advise me that i would be arrested tomorrow due to failure to pay loan. He could not give me the name of who was suing me, just that i had to wait to be arrested at my work tomorrow. can anyone shed light on this, i never heard anything like this...the scary thing was they had a work name, where i use to work. how do they get this info. does anyone have any solutions to stop this fraud?
would love for you to call them again, they really scare the crap out of people. my friend got a call earlier today, she is sickly and got so upset almost had to bring her to the hospital, thought she was having a heart attack...
Called me several times at work and on my phone. had co workers listen as well the guy didnt speak clear english and called us every thing in the book but human. i called back to let them know my husband is law enforcement and is tracing the call and they persisted on cursing at us and threatening. said he was going to come to my house and rape me. i and my co workers are not happy and will take action immediatley
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 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.