Got a call at MY WORK NUMBER saying and Officer, John Smith wanted to talk with me, told him I was at work, don't call this number again and took his name and number. THIS IS A SCAM!!! How did they find me at my job???
Please call the FTC at 1877-382-4357 or go to the FTC site to report these scams. If everyone that received these calls would report them, maybe we can collectively bring them to justice. Think about how many people they have and will scam and how much money they have collected and will continue to do so in the future if no one reports them. Maybe the FTC will catch them but only with the help of everyone reporting them. Also, call them using google voice so they don't have your number. Call them hundreds of times and cuss them out or just hang up. Make them pay for what they are doing.
Let us know if anyone has an update on bring them to justice.
I now make it a habit not to answer calls that do not have a 'valid/real name' associated with the caller ID telephone #. This one said VOICE NETWORK I and displayed its # as 901-347-4002 . It seems to be computer dialed # since it keeps redialing continuously if not picked up. They also switch the name in the name field to the telephone # . Like in this case the name field displays 9013474002 and in the tel # field it will show the number which is 901-347-4002. In the last two months I see that most Telemarketers or Scam artists do not display their actual name in the name field and they seem to call with different numbers within minutes of each other! Answer is...block these numbers if they keep calling. If it was a valid call then I expect them to leave a message.
Got calls on both my cell and office number from this number. Called himself Steven Johnson and said he was from the Bureau of Investigation. Told him I was not here (I like to pretend to be someone else with these jokers :) ) and took a message…