Got a call from same number this morning. There are two people involved - First caller said his name is John Cruz and told me I have police complaint and legal affidavit against me. Asked me to call back once his supervisor is there. Later his "so-called" supervisor called by name David Marshall and said the same thing. Asked me to settle the matter quick. Was talking about the state tax evasion. The moment I said my CPA will contact you, he said we cannot help you and hung up. I called my local police department and let the officer know about this. He said these guys must be pranksters - ignore them or tell them that you have asked the state/local police to get involved - and they should back out.
I just got the same call as everyone else from 732-964-0148..Same Indian accent, Speaking very fast..Lots of noise in his background..I listened at first. He was asking for the Dr's name( I won't say on this post)..I asked what did he want..Saying he was calling from New Jersey State investigation..She is under criminal investigation. I said really? He then said ,No someone stole her identity.. I asked are you sure , he said ,Hurry up get,(The Dr's name) I said no..Give me your number & she'll call you back. SO he gave me the phone # 732-964-0148..I then hung up on him..He called me right back. Screaming, who do you think you are hangging up on a police officer? I asked ok..Give me your address of the police dept..Then I'll get the Dr. He then SAID,"F---...You! and hung up!! Why can't these type of calls be stopped!! More people need to become aware of these TROLLS!!
received a call from this number stating that he is a investing officer saying that there are 3 criminal charges against me that i owe personal state taxes, bank fraud and i have to pay money to them today via prepaid green money pack card. i told them i always pay my taxes on time and i dont have any thing like. Then he said there arrest warrent against me and i will be arrested by police and if i dont pay them. Please be careful with this type of frauds. They are trying to scare people and get money from them.
My mother received a call from this person with a heavy indian accent claiming to be "officer David Marshall". He demanded my mother get prepaid debit cards to pay back taxes and threatened arrest and deportation. We filed a police report and im hiring a private investigator to nail this scumbag. He is using magicjack service. The private investigator is working on a subpoena to provide to magic jack to trace the ip.
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 a year ago:
I just got a call from this number,said he was calling from federal agency, and there is a case against my husband for violation of federal banking regulation and breech of contract with tax department, didn't give the the third reason. They said my husband will be arrested this evening and the s s# would be revoked. Ofcourse I got scared ,and called my husband. I know none of the allegation was true,but didn't know what was going on. The call was so real, his name is Ron Davis. The call got disconnected so I called back got the same person , so hard to believe it was a prank call. The accent was more of Spanish .