These individuals have called my wife's phone a few times. They state that charges are being brought for money laundry. After several conversations; I took the phone from my wife. I got the information and just led him on. I did a reverse phone contact as well as better business bureau. I have contacted the police and they said they would pass it along. He told me to purchase a green dot money card and fax the receipt to this number (866) 686-9479. The individual that I spoke with said that his name was Roy King. He was working in conjunction with the government and that he was giving me a call in hopes that we could resolve this matter before the actual charges were levied.
These individuals have called my wife's phone a few times. They state that charges are being brought for money laundry. After several conversations; I took the phone from my wife. I got the information and just led him on. I did a reverse phone contact as well as better business bureau. I have contacted the police and they said they would pass it along. He told me to purchase a green dot money card and fax the receipt to this number (866) 686-9479. The individual that I spoke with said that his name was Roy King. He was working in conjunction with the government and that he was giving me a call in hopes that we could resolve this matter before the actual charges were levied.
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 in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
OMG I just received two phone call today, this guy told me to contact Froid Kein at 919-912-9535, I could'n really understand what he was saying (mentioned, reports, police, charges against me) but anyways I am afraid because I did apply for a cash advance loan that I received on Friday, I applied with different companies and now I'm afraid that one of those could have been a scam. What do I do?
This guy started calling my daughter. One day he asked her to marry him. He told us to go look at this property he wanted to buy. We did and haven't heard from him since. Just want to know who this guy really is. Doesn't sound legit, and the realitor wants to know what gives. That what we want to know, who is this guy.