I got a call today telling my call back and to speak with investigator Brian Jones at x8001 this freaking [***] told me my husband was in a bad accident and I needed to do something . I was so pissed off being my husband was right beside me . This place is a joke and so are the people that work there . I told them I had them being investigated and not to call or harass me or say my SS # again
I just had a call - the number shows up at 901-284-6242 on caller ID. The message that was left was by someone who sounded both foreign and mentally challenged because they had a hard time getting words out. Said "This is officer Kayvin Smith from the state bureau of investigation" and went on babbling about my social security number, mailing address and banking information were under investigation and if I didn't call back immediately I would face legal con-a-sa-kwee-an-ses at my mailing address or workplace. Yeah,. whatever, you aren't calling from my state, you can't even pronounce half the words right, I guess I'll take my chances of facing con-a-sa-kwee-an-ses at my mailing address. Foreign morons. The number he left was 901-248-6242 - the 8 and 4 were swapped between the caller ID and the call back #.
MOBILE, Alabama -- Sheriff's deputies are warning residents to be wary of people calling about arrests warrants after a concerned citizen said she encountered a scam today.
A woman contacted the Mobile County Sheriff's Office today after she was called by a person who identified himself as a member of MCSO.
It was the third time she had been contacted by the man, according to Lori Myles, public information officer for MCSO.
On June 13, a man identifying himself as Officer Brian Jones with the Alabama Bureau of Investigation called and told the woman to put money on a Green Dot card, and then call another number and give him the card's 14-digit confirmation number.
He told her it couldn't have an expiration date.
The woman was contacted again a few days later by a man identifying himself as Jones, who gave her a different badge number when she asked for it. Myles said he knew personal details about the woman's life.
The third time he called her was Monday night, when he identified himself as Officer Charles Green with MCSO.
He said the woman had a warrant out for her arrest and that she had to hang up and call a separate number to sort out costs associated with the warrant, Myles said. He asked for $475 and told her to call 901-248-6242.
The area code is used in southwest Tennessee.
According to the woman's caller-ID, the call came from 251-574-2423, the phone number for MCSO's front desk.
"When they said I had to hang up immediately, call another number and pay that person then I knew it was a scam," Myles quoted the woman as saying. "I notified the real Mobile County Sheriff's Office because I did not want them calling and harassing others."
Deputies believe the department's front desk number may have been falsified or "spoofed," however, MCSO will investigate to ensure their department didn't have a hand in the scam according to Myles.
Myles said MCSO never calls for money in exchange for a get out of Mobile County Metro Jail free card.
"We do have members of VCorps [an MCSO volunteer program] calling citizens about outstanding traffic warrants, but they do not ask [for] or accept money," Myles said. "We instruct them to go to District Court and pay their outstanding traffic violation there."
Myles said the scam highlights the importance of vetting a company or agency before giving personal information over to them.
Anyone who believes he or she may have fallen victim to this or any other scam or crime is asked to report the incident to MCSO on their website or by phone at 251-574-8633.
Updated at 2:25 p.m. with additional information from the Mobile County Sheriff's Office.
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Just received a call from 901-248-6242 from an individual who spoke very broken English. They called a business number and asked to speak with one of my employees. Upon telling him that person was not available they called back 3 times. The fourth time the caller immediately started calling me derogatory names. I'm glad I did not waste any time pulling my employee away from work to speak with this vile person.
YOURS TRULY ALSO MADE THE MISTAKE OF APPLYING FOR ONE OF THOSE I-NET "SPAM LOANS" LIKE Angelica 25 Jun 2013 ABOVE DID. THE [***] ALSO CALLED ME, LEFT A MESSAGE WHICH SAID I OWED $$$ FOR THE LOAN APPLICATION FEE....HEY FOLKS, CHANGE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND FILE REPORTS WITH FCC AND FTC IF YOU DID THE SAME AS I DID