yeah I got a check from a trucking company saying to cash the check and keep 15% and send the rest to them because of taxes. but they sent a check with wrong amounts in the written and typed amount. SCAM BE AWARE.

WELL NOT ONLY DID HE DRAIN MY BFS AND MY BANK ACCOUNT, AND PUT OUR CC'S ON HOLD FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW! HE HAS SWIPED BOTH OUR HARD DRIVES! ALONG WITH TAPPING INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST IT HELP DESKS IN CT WHERE MY BC HAPPENS TO WORK. HE TAPPED OUR PHONE LINES.FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS NOW AND STILL CONTINUES AS I SPEAK!! WE WENT TO VERIZON TO SUSPEND PUT RECENT NUMBERS AND GET NEW ONES! WELL BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE HE HAD ADDED 500 MINUTES TO OUR ACCOUNT CANCELED THE PRIMARY CARD HOLDER AND DELETED ME. HE HAS OUR SOCIAL NUMBERS AND HAS USED THEM MANY TIMES. HE NEEDS TO GIVE UP HE HAS TAKEN AND DE EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE DONE!

I would like to report 310 807-0221.

Your caller was a scammer and they are running several versions of an extortion scam on this number. Scammers, some pretend to be law enforcement (police, sheriff, Feds, AG's Office, fake cop agencies with made-up names), may be using bought/hacked/phished loan application data to extort money or personal info for fictitious crimes. If you want to mess with them, first dial *67 to block your number from their CallerID, then dial their number (if it's a working number and not spoofed) and give them hell. Try testing your smoke alarm (holding phone by alarm) when you have him on the phone. Call early, call often, always dialing *67 first. Enjoy.
The real DEA warns about fake-DEA extortion scams here http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/denver111010.html
The real FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The real FDA warns about fake-FDA extortion scams here http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm195814.htm
The real FDIC warns about fake-FDIC extortion scams here http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/specialalert/2010/sa10131.html
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.

I also called 747-333-6281, 303-353-1867 using fake name "Steven Tyler", "Kobe Bryant", "Michael Jordan" and spoke with officer "David San Diego" who has a heavy Hindu accent....  I used an innocent voice first make it sounds like one of those victims doesn't know what is going on, then i keep asking them stupid questions like what is the weather forecast in India, did he likes curry beef....etc.  They called my workplace 50+ times the other day. So i let them tasted their own medicine i called them back at least 90 times. :-D   "Officer San Diego" got so pissed off call me all kind of names and hung up...

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""OK, first off, everyone CALM DOWN and don?t freak out about these guys.  No matter what they say or what they threaten, they CAN?T do anything to you.  I know every one of us has tried filing reports with law enforcement, FTC, FBI, ic3, etc.  It doesn?t seem to work, because these guys aren?t even in the USA.  So take a deep breath, relax and don?t let them ruffle your feathers.

Now, I started getting these calls about a year ago.  I have personally used all of the tactics below, and they do stop calling me for about 6 months?so the way I figure it, a little time out of my day to give them back a taste of their own medicine is worth it for 6 months of peace and quiet.  Keep in mind, as well, every minute you spend screwing with them on the phone is a minute they are NOT able to scam someone else.  (And the only way they will ever stop is if nobody pays them any money ever again!)  And now for the fun part?how to screw with them back.  I will start with the easiest and move up the line with the more time consuming:

If you have no time to mess with them:
a.    Just don?t pick up the line.  Let it go to voicemail and delete the message.
b.    Pick up the line and immediately hang up.  Keep doing it until they stop.
c.    Pick up the line and use an air horn or police whistle blown straight into the mouthpiece of the phone.  (I personally like the canned airhorn the best.)
d.    If they call while you are driving, turn the radio up as loud as possible and answer the line on speakerphone.  Don?t say anything, just let them listen to the blasting music.  Heavy metal music works best, but I personally have a CD with Star Spangled Banner on it, so I play that as loud as I can.  Just leave the line open with the music blasting until they hang up.

If you have a little more time to mess with them:
a.    Ask if they are related to the deceased (insert your name here as the ?deceased?) or just a family friend, because ?the viewing of the body if for family only, but the memorial service is open to everyone.?  Ask if they would like directions to the funeral.
b.    Simply tell them that you have read all about their scam on the internet & seen it on the news on TV, so you aren?t paying anything.  Don?t listen to any response, just hang up on them after saying this.
c.    Use this one only if you are willing to be as crude as they are:  Using the name they gave you (i.e., ?Officer Mike Taylor? was the last one I got), say, ?Is the this THE Officer Mike Taylor I read about on the internet?  Is it true what the posts online say, that you have such a small d**k that even camels won?t have sex with you??  Then hang up on them.
d.    (For this one, I must first apologize to PETA and all vegans, but it highly offends the scammers because they consider cows to be divine beings.)  Tell them you don?t have time to speak with them, because you work at a slaughter house and you have over 100 cattle you need to ?kill off? before the end off the day.  Then hang up on them.
e.    Are you good with theatrics?  Then try this one?it was actually highly effective for me:  Put on your deepest, scariest, growliest voice and just whisper into the phone over and over, ?I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you??.  Just keep whispering it over and over until they hang up.  I think this one worked well because they are quite superstitious.
f.    If you know a foreign language, answer the phone in it and just keep talking in unintelligible phrases.  The more obscure the language, the better.  Don?t know a foreign language?  Pig Latin seems to work just as effectively.
g.    Ask if they are calling from the convenience store, and can they give you last night?s winning lottery numbers, because you are sure you have won.  For any response they give to it, just keep yelling over and over, ?I won! I won!?
h.    When you answer the phone, ask them where your pizza is and tell them because they didn?t get it to you in the ?30 minutes?, you?re not paying for it.  Hang up.
i.    Tell them you are at work right now, but to call you back on your ?home? phone, and give them this number: 202-835-0778.  (This is the scam and fraud reporting division number at the FBI.)  Hang up.

If you are REALLY p***ed off, and have plenty of time to screw with them:

a.    Go on to Craig?s List and post an ad in the wanted section or services section  saying you are looking for a payday loan company because you need a loan.  Ask they call you right away.  List the scammer?s name and phone number as the contact information.  (This sends the scum-sucking bottom feeders off to call the other scum sucking bottom feeders?LOL)
b.    Go online and look for every free daily horoscope, free insurance quote, free mortgage lending, etc., and click on the ?have an agent contact me? link.  Type in the scammer?s name and phone number.  Viola!  Now they will get flooded with telemarketers as well.
c.    If you would like to blow off steam, and have no problem with swearing, just keep calling them over and over pretending you have Tourette?s Syndrome by just screaming obscenities in the phone until they hang up.  This works pretty good in the car, because no one else can hear you and it is a good tension reliever.
d.    Log onto these payday loan sites and enter all of the scammers? information on it.  This way they might even wind up on their own list!
e.    (Do NOT attempt this one unless you have state of the art spyware & virus protection, and even then, you still are taking a risk):  Go into your spam folder on your computer.  Find every email you can about ?you won millions of dollars? or ?the Nigerian lottery? or something to that effect.  Send it back with all of the scammers? contact information.
f.    Research for the phone numbers to both local and national TV news stations ?breaking news desk?.  Again, tell the scammer on the phone to call you at your ?work number? and give the number to the news station?s phone number.  (Hopefully, if the news stations get enough of these calls, they will start airing more stories about it, reaching more people and reduce the number of victims that fall for this.)

Again, before sending money to ANYONE, stop. Think.  Do you have any paperwork showing you owe money?  If not, ask for paperwork.  If they refuse to send it, they are scammers.  A real collection agency will always: 1. provide paperwork; 2. never yell or cuss at you; 3. never require you to pay first before receiving paperwork; 4. never identify themselves as an officer of law enforcement; 5. never threaten you with jail, arrest or physical harm.""
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Got a call on m\y cellphone.  I don't usually give my cellphone number to commercial entities to avoid getting such calls.  The guy had a very strong accent. I could barely understand what he was saying.  He said he was from some federal agency legal department and that there were complaints against me. He wanted verification of my SS#. I refused then hung up.  He called back two more times.  The second time I let it go to my voicemail. The third time I was annoyed and answered. I let them know I did not understand what he was saying. He patched me through to a "supervisor" who had an accent just as bad (probably was the same person).  I said mail me something.  He refused. Told me I would be hauled off to jail.  I said that they sounded like they were calling me from India or some place and that I would think that the FBI or other federal agency would have somebody who spoke clear English. They said f**** you B******* and then hung up.  I would personally like to nail these guys.

I spoke to a guy named William Black...and started to laugh and said whats up....i had to hang up.

If it is not an official notifiction, hang up.  

These scam artists are all over the country.
Mine was a message that he was an official federal officer and that there was alot of complaints against my SSN. he even had my SSN.

The calls are probably routed through INDIA to a US number, then to the US Citizens work or home.

SCAM!!!  BEWARE!!!  HANG UP!
Reserve your right to evade subtrafuges and lies!   HANG UP!
You have the right to hang up on such people.
Continued calls? call your local police and report harrasment by telephone.

Keep getting a call from the number stating his name is William. He is calling my WORK LINE. I can barely even understand what he wants..so I tried to listen to see what it was he wanted if he had my work line..but he will not give me a straight answer. I asked him to send something to my address if this was a bill so I can have it in writing and he said no. I also asked to have my work phone removed from their call list and he said "NO, YOU LISTEN TO ME.." so i hung up. I am sooo frustrated and mad. Someone help? I do not know what this is about.