Number showed up on caller ID as STATEN ISLAND, NY. First guy talked as agent John Smith and spoke in English with weird accent. Said I have not paid my taxes since 2009 and there is a court order for my arrest, but he can make it go away if I pay $3780. I asked for interpreter and he said ok just a minute. But the same guy starts talking in Hindi. Such a stupid scammer..thinks I cannot figure out that it;s the same guy. When I question him who he is and his official title, he starts screaming saying you don't understand how big trouble you are into? there will be police on your doorstep to arrest you in 30 minutes if you don't settle this matter with money. I said fine I'll pay. He tells me to get a prepaid debit card from CVS and give him the number of that card. I laughed saying oh wow, since when does the court accepts debit gift cards as a form of payment? He got angry and starts yelling "now you will see there will be cops coming to arrest you in 30 minutes." Such a dumb scammer even by the standards of scammers.
Definitely a scam! My mom was home alone when she got the call and she hung up saying she doesn't know English. But they kept calling back and got mad at her for hanging up. They then put the interpreter on the call and she talked to her in Gujarati. She said pretty much same thing what everyone mentioned here. Something about my dad getting arrested because of some federal crime. My dad came home and knew it was a scam but my mom was really scared.
These idiots should be exposed and punished severely.
Just received a similar call and similar threat. On the top, he mention that you can pay by only debit card to clear this up. I told him that I do not have debit card and he mention that go to bank, get cash and he will provide info to buy debit card with that cash.
I also called local sheriff. In stead of doing anything, they tole me that do not pick up the phone from them. Unless you pay, it is not a crime and I was surprised with that answer.
There are also lots of noises in the back so you can not hear properly when you ask them for some info.
this is so annoying has a stoopid accent and says that he is officer I wanted to laugh out so loud, cause you can tell that he was reading a freeking script. I work with these types of callers and they think that we are stupid to fall for this crap.......