786-206-0091
FL, US
Recipient
Recipient
2013-08-06 22:05:50
Unknown
I got this message on my machine, same as others have described with same names and phone number. Caller id showed my local police number.

Since I know IP phones can be used to spoof the caller ID info, I didn't believe that info.  I did listen intently to the message itself - and there were many inconsistencies.  I won't list those here -- since I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE HINTS TO THE SCAMMERS (I don't want to help them improve their game by telling them what they did wrong).  But if you listen carefully, you might pick up things they say that just would not happen from a U.S. based government official. Also, think about this ----> why would the police call anyone BY PHONE for any crime?  That doesn't happen in the U.S.  These people are obviously from outside the country.

In my case, the woman sounded very Jamaican - not Indian as others said.  I know these accents very well.  This reminded me of a TV news special I saw last year from one of the investigative shows (maybe 20/20) where they went to Jamaica and showed these scammers in operation.  This is a big business in the Caribbean - they showed HUGE mansions being built by these scammers with OUR money.

You can report this to any number of U.S. consumer protection agencies, FBI, local police, etc but they can't help -- it's out of their jurisdiction.

I guess the only thing we can do to reduce this is to BOTHER the scammers -- call them in the middle of THEIR night -- tell them you're sorry for not calling sooner but you wanna pay.  Tell them you got your green dot card but you first want to make sure they have the right info for you. Then -- play with them. Give them an address in Canada, a phone number in Miami (same city as their number). Tell them where they live, you can come and give them the money. Of course they'll say they're not at the "police station". Tell them you can go to the police station - it's open 24-hours. Tell them you'll give them the money and get a receipt. Ask them will that stop the warrant? If they say no, ask why not - since you're giving the money to the police.

Eventually they'll get tired of it and will say they need the money right now over the phone. Tell them the greed dot (card) you bought (from Rite-Aid -- for the police, no less) only has $41.86 since that's all you had in cash. Tell them you want to pay the rest with a credit card -- can they take it?  Tell them you couldn't pay the IRSA (if they ask why IRSA, tell them their correct name is "Internal Referral Service of America", not "IRS" -- they won't know the difference).

Make sure you tell them you want to also pay for the "Police Operations Tax" that's required in some parts of the US, along with your IRSA fine.  Make sure they understand you don't want to get in trouble with the IRSA for not paying the "POT" (a special tax that the police charge for all offenses).  Of course they won't object to taking more of your money. But make sure you tell them that you need THEIR address for the POT - because you are required to write their address on a form you send-in, as proof that you paid the POT to their company.  They have to help you get credit for paying the POT (tax), so they have to give you their address (supposedly in Miami).  If they give you a Miami address --- tell them you can go there right now, or maybe in the morning, to pay them directly (remember, you're also in Miami).

If they get wind of the game.... hang up and call them back. Tell them the payphone ran out of money and you had to put more in. Call them back a couple of times -- remember, the game is to bother them. Make them pay for their abuse.

And most importantly, try not to laugh. Enjoy. It's the least we can do to play their game.
Car
Car
2013-08-02 20:42:33
Unknown
Spanish accent lady-asked me to go to local police station and surrender for fraud or I would get arrest warrant!!!!!
When I called the number-a lady picked up (same accent as in voicemail i got)
and said that  she did not call.
Mike-in-MD
Mike-in-MD
2013-07-31 19:39:10
Unknown
You should contact both the Detroit Police and the Michigan Attorney General's Office and report that this company is impersonating the Detroit Police by having their caller ID display a number assigned to the Detroit Police Department.  That should put a crimp in their activities.
concerned
concerned
2013-07-31 19:33:51
Unknown
Received a call from 313 596 1300, asking me to surrender to the local police or call Steven Forks 7862060091. Called the 313 596 1300 it's Detroit police central complaints division they were not aware of any  but they dint have any record of Steven Forks or Amy Brown.
So called 786 206 0091 the gentleman who answered the call claimed he is Steven Forks from FBI financial crimes division. The first thing he asked me was for my phone number so he could pull up my case, this is when i got the feeling that its scam.
Asked him to provide my information which is the address on file and he gave me an incorrect address to which my response was i will ask my Tax attorney to get in touch with them, he immediately hung up.

I am little concerned as they can very easily cheat somebody with this story they seem to have some info about me.
Is there a crimes division where we can complain about such people.
Guest
Guest
2013-07-31 13:23:08
Unknown
I just the same call..From the voice I clearly gather that it is from a Call Center.  This is a full blown scam. I am going to call the local sherrif department to complain about this.
AAA & Financial Crimes & Enforcement Net
AAA & Financial Crimes & Enforcement Net
2013-07-30 17:42:41
Unknown
B*****ds called from Natchez Police dept caller ID number: 601-445-5565 the girl name given was Kim Anderson and same old story call O'Brien at 786-206-0091..
I called Natchez Police and informed them that there number has been hacked by these b*****ds.
Please inform FBI and all other agencies and change your phone number if possible...
PBR
PBR
2013-07-30 00:43:38
Unknown
Even I got a call from my local county sheriff department. The officer said that Federal officer by name Jack Huffman has requested an arrest warrant against me and that he has no clue what it is and suggested that I call the same number 7862060091 x 711 to find more details on the federal complaint and steps to resolve. when I called the number first of all there was no landing message that it was the Financial Criminal Enforcement department.. It was picked up after 7 or 8 rings directly by officer Jack Huffman. He said that I had some tax liablities or irregularities for 2009, 10 and 11 and that IRS has tried contacting me via mail and an old email ID I had. WHen I pointed out that I have never received from IRS he asked me just listen and that this is a case that has been handled out from IRS and he is informing me. The procedure is that if I don't settle it outside court in the next 45 mins and make a payment of 2168, automatically court order will be issued and warrant will go out to my residence, work address to my employer location and that my passport will be ceased. When I asked him how to make the payment, he asked me to find the closest RIte Aid and make Green Dot Money Bag for the amount. He also said that he will stay online as disconnecting now would automatically trigger automated call to him where in he has to confirm if the matter has been resolved or not. If he says that I am going to resolve they will immediately issue the warrant so instead of that he wanted to stay online while I make the payment. This money bag a weak red signal in my mind and I ended up calling the sheriff's department where they had  no information about the original officer who called me.So there was a lot of cross checking with the Sheriff's dept on my wife's phone while I had Jack Huffman on my cell. THis all took around 1 1/2 hr. Then another officer from the sheriff's department called Anni Peterson called me and asked me to hurry up as they were about to send out an officer. When I reported this name to the sheriff's dept they had no record of this officer as well. So that made me go back online with jack Huffman and ask him a few questions like which year and how do I make sure that this is not a fraud. Jack replied saying that he is being very patient and now he is going to hang up and local police will come and arrest me and he hung up. Within a few minutes time I got call from 4156680662 asked for my name and hung up. It appeared to be jack huffman to me. BY the way no body had an Indian accent. And that I read this forum
Sri
Sri
2013-07-29 18:36:38
Unknown
I too received a all from this person (American name, but accent clearly from India), asking to me contact Officer Tom O'Brien at 786-206-0091, apparently Financial Crimes & Enforcement Network.. As I started asking many questions, the lady just stated that 'I needed to contact the officer immediately, as this is a high-profile case, and a financial crime complaint was filed against me'.  I hung up and called the 847 number to find out more, but Northbrook police did not have a clue.

Should we report this to the police ? Any next steps ? Suggestions ?
SG
SG
2013-07-26 13:53:23
Unknown
I received a call from 786-206-0091 and the guy mentioned his name Tom O'Brien.
He mentioned that there was some miscalculation on my tax filing and I need to pay $1987.00 right away (within 1 hour) otherwise my case will be uploaded to concerned court's database and a warrant will be issues against my wife's name and she would be arrested.

The guy did not ask for my credit card number but asked me to buy a GOVERNMENT CARD from RITEAID store and call him back to give the details.

I asked him many questions about his employer (Financial Crime blah blah), company website (FINCEN.GOV), My case # (he seem to give a random 10 digit number), and then I asked hi to put me to his supervisor which he declined to do.

He then abruptly put down the phone citing that the police will see me.

Obviously its a scam and I am going to call the local police today.

Funny thing, I searched on the internet to get the local police numbers to make a report and I see the chief of police's name to be Thomas Bryan.

I also checked with my tax consultant and he is further going to file a complaint in addition.
knew my bday
knew my bday
2013-07-26 03:49:45
Debt Collector
I also got a call from them but I was in the VA Hosp in San Antonio and though I will just let it go to voice mail as my luck the call would get dropped cause of all the concrete. When I checked to see who called it was 911 I freaked out so went to my truck and had to listen to it multiple times to get the name and number.I was using the hands free / blue tooth through the radio and it was so hard to tell what they were saying/wanting, so I called right back,they mentioned a warrant out for my arrest "but then they cleared that all up" and oh you have earned income credit i need to claim and that is when it went down hill because I had not qualified for that since I was in the Army (Soldiers are very underpaid) that's I asked for a supervisor and of coarse none was available, they were at lunch (at 3:37pm EST) and called BS on that and just started to mess with them. i called them back many times and they kept getting pissed , I started to use*67.  Also to top it of since they said i had to wait for a super they tried to annoy me by whistling so I told them how I thought Pakistan had all rights to the Cashmere region and then they started cussing at me and I laughed and called back over and over *67. They can do this through what is called number spoofing /caller id spoofing .
inclar1
inclar1
2013-07-25 21:04:17
Debt Collector
RE: 1-786-206-0091 FLORIDA NUMBER


11I just received a call from 911 (received) I was so taken aback I answered it thinking was an emergency.
It was a boiler room (i.e. call center) claiming to be calling for the Michigan police, when I flatly refused
any wrong doing or knowledge of such, she was then with the Grand Rapids Police, claiming that Stephen
Fox and a unnamed partner were filling criminal complaint charges (from them) to obtain a warrant in the next 35 minutes (!?) after I composed myself from this joke I call a Lt. friend with GRPD and was assured it was a
absolute fraud.

I am filling Harassing phone call report. And you should also. All my calls are recorded and falsely representing yourself as the policy or an agent there of is a crime. And if nothing else your city can call
the city the number traces to and ask the police to look in to it.

That is as low as I have seen. I saw emergency on my caller ID and thought my daughter and grand son had been in an accident, AS I WAS DRIVING,TRYING TO ANSWER MY PHONE.
Suresh
Suresh
2013-07-25 17:41:29
Unknown
I called back and asked them who they were and they hung up.
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
2013-07-25 17:15:04
Unknown
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:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... ory?id=16512428
Guest
Guest
2013-07-25 17:12:28
Unknown
I received a call from the Alexandria Police Dept VA (atleast the number was the Police Dept.)  with a message to call 7862060091 and talk to someone called Steve Polack(atleast thats what I could gather from the accented call). The lady calling was said she was Amy Brown but because of her accent I couldnt gather the name clearly.

So I called the Police Dept and asked them the reason for the call and what was the crime. They had no idea about it.

Then using a secured line I called 7862060091 as directed on the message. They said they were Crime and Enforcement Network located in Miami. They mentioned there was some 2009, 10, 11 pending IRS payment, when I called again they said there was a payment pending from 05, 06, 07. They were interested in collecting an amount of $1985 to be paid over the phone for some IRS violations.

This is a complete fraud. They are impersonating a police officer. Moreover it looks like they have a work around to use a police dept phone number to call. Looks like they have hacked into some servers to allow them to project that they are calling from a authentic number.

This is a fraud and must be looked into.
AKK
AKK
2013-07-25 16:37:05
Unknown
I too got a call from this just now. Not sure whether its fake or real. Can we complaint about this to 911 ?
unknown
unknown
2013-07-24 09:30:19
Unknown
I too got this message , myself reaching local police station and identify whether it is a real or spam call
They told me to report to FBI
prashanth
prashanth
2013-07-22 23:29:03
Unknown
i too got a call from this number saying the leagal notice is given on my name ?..for financial crime
Laura
Laura
2013-07-22 17:59:06
Unknown
Hi Pat,

I just got a call too. Did they leave a message?
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