Me too. Knew it was a scam and told him so. He hung up on me.

I am writing this down for any of you who you think you are being scammed. Because as smart as i think i was, i wasn't. These calls were out of Michigan.313-355-8134.
Got calls saturday and sunday, which would be wierd in the first place, i called back and left a message. Thomas Gorman he called himself was a supposed DEA agent. I could tell there was a buzzing in the background. He connected me to a man who was supposedly in charge, name of, Robert L. Corso, and told me i was going to jail for 7-15 years in the state pen, if i didnt pay at least something to my fine of 2020.00. What an odd amount i thought. Theats of every kind were made to me. That i had a wearhouse, could seize my assetts, etc. They had all kinds of supposed evedince against me with my name on it, and a P.O. box i've never heard of in the Pittsburgh Pa. area. Well, i dont have one. Never ordered drugs or anything from overseas, because its illegal!!! DUH.
I had to hold onto the phone, and not hang up while i got dressed and went to my bank, and got 200$ out of my account, Went to wal mart and got a green dot card, put 200 on it, scratched the back for the number, and gave it to him. over the phone.

Not only did i fall for this, but my relationship is in jeapordy.
Beware out there........

Got a call from someone with heavy accent on sunday saying he was a DEA officer doing an investigation... I asked to call back on a week day - he's not working on Dec 31, but is on Jan 1???

Said has a warrent and if I dont cooperate will send someone to arrest me, related to some internet pharmacy.  No idea, but sounds fishy.

Got a name Brian Castalan in Baltimore MD 301-534-8745 x 214

He said to call back and speak with anyone if hes not there... or else.

So I asked my neighbors, one with US State Department, the other a prosicutor with state attorneys office, both laughed and said it is a extortion scam and to check out the DEA website and report the info for investigation.  These criminals are based in the Dominican Republic.

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm

If they come here, well the special ops security will take care of them.

I am reporting these bums to the authorities to be tracked down.

This news investigation video says it all includes interview with real DEA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=883NHN4BGew

also check out...

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120820/COLUMNIST/120829961

http://abcnews.go.com/US/prescription-drug-sc ... ory?id=16116808

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/06 ... -fox-exclusive/

http://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-11 ... scam-alert.html

http://800notes.com/forum/ta-5a6a4c41b4b5555/ ... -1-713-900-4963

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/all/index.ssf/20 ... cam_hits_g.html

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/12/01/govt-warns-citizens-about-dea-scam/

http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/beware-of-fake-dea-agent-online-pharmacy-scam

Don't be fooled, and cross post this and your callers info as much as possiable so they stop scamming!

I have been getting at least 1 call per month by an alleged DEA agent.  The area codes vary, but the story is always the same.  The fastest way I have found to relieve the stress of a hectic day is to have fun with them.  I normally start laughing, and ask them "how many poor b*****ds actually fall victim to your scam?'  When they start talking, I cut them off and demand to know how the hell they live with themselves?  Some continue with the same blah blah, but usually they just hang up.  
The latest was a call from Colorado, no accent at all.  Last month  is was from somewhere in Washington state, no accent.  I can almost predict when they will be calling, as I get a phone call a day or two before from some unknown person trying to sell me rx.  I regret the day 7 years ago when I ordered tramadol from an online pharmacy.  On the positive side, I get to have fun with a scammer on a monthly basis!
Good luck to all and may God bless!

I had the
EXACT same thing as you all.  Scared me to death.  When I told him to talk to my attorney, he got angry and said "I'll see you in court!!!!!"   UNBELIEVABLE!

This is a very terrifying scam.  My DEA agent called from 410 (Maryland) area.  When I told him to talk to my attorney he went ballistic and said he would see me in court.

Got a call today from a "DEA" officer, Mike Thomas, from Division 38, phone #  509-671-9769, which says it's a phone number from Newport, WA.  I called back the number and the same guys voice said I had reached the Drug Enforcement Agency Criminal Investigation Unit.  I left my name and he called me back, quickly. I am not a dumb person, and I had purchased online rx's over eight years ago, this guy scared me and had me fooled for a few minutes.  He told me I was going to be extradited back to the Dominican republic where these drugs came from and that they were 40% cocaine.  I would be arrested for drug smuggling charges and I was facing 25 years.  He asked me how my family would like seeing my face on the cover of the newspaper.  He also said I had four choices, Outpatient treatment, house arrest, jail time or pay a fine.  I told him I would take outpatient treatment which he quickly changed to six months of in-patient treatment.  By this time I had figured out he was some piece of s*** scumbag.  He pushed for the fine and I asked where I needed to pay it, I told him I had just pulled up to my local police office and would turn myself in.  He said this was not the police, it was the FBI and he had three agents coming to arrest me.  I asked where they would be coming to arrest me and he said my place of work.  I hung up and called the DEA agency and reported the extortion scheme.  This shook up my whole day.  Imagine if these dirtbags actually applied themselves to a real job and worked for a living.  Thank God I didn't send any money.  Which reminds me that he was quoting scripture while he was trying to extort money from me, which I found odd.  This POS really got in my head and I felt so violated...gross!  I had purchased drugs online over nine years ago and these scumbags still call me. A few weeks back, I got a call from the same guy (I'm guessing saying, "This is Charlie call me back ASAP."  Thinking it was a work call I called back and some gangster rap prison dude was telling me to "hear him out," after I told him to never call my phone again.  He called back a week later with the same b***s*** message and then today "Mike Thomas, DEA agent" calls.  I left all of my contact information for the real DEA and gave them all of "Mike Thomas's info.  I hope the real DEA calls me and they get these scumbags.

Got a call from 559-399-0863 about a warran for my arrest and oredering me to go to an address to pay $3000 to get out of it. That address turned out to be a check n go cash.

Been threatened and harrassed with the same scam by a Javier Pena complaints link:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-245-4494

I could have written this exact post.  Just got off the phone with this guy and he scared me shitless.  My daughter, listening to the conversation, took the phone and in a few short minutes of confrontation revealed the jerk for what he was.  I was literally ready to do what he was telling me I had to do NOW, until I looked up the address he had given me, where I supposedly had to appear immediately, and found it to be a Western Union location.  I'm still shaking.  Thanks to all of you for your posts.  They have helped being my pulse rate back down into normal range.

This scam is quite polished, and it is continuing as of July, 2011,

I received a call today from a fast-talking man with a moderate hispanic accent, probably of Caribbean origin (Columbia?  Dominican Republic?), although his vocabulary and delivery were very well practiced and suggested that he was an authentic DEA agent.  

He began by saying that the DEA had credit card transaction records establishing that I illegally purchased hydrocodone in 2007 from an online pharmacy that was under investigation for importing drugs from the Dominican Republic.  (I was aware that the DEA had pressured patients to finger online pharmacies, so I remained attentive).  He then cited an official-sounding case number, and said that people who purchased from that pharmacy who were not cooperating with the government were being arrested, and that over 500 people in California were looking at prison time.  However, with my cooperation, he would file papers dismissing my case.  I would have to pay a fine of $1800.  He then asked me if I understood what he'd said, and I said "yes".

I asked him how all of this would work.  He said that he wanted to see me in his office, which he said was a government office in the harbor district of Los Angeles (I'm obscuring the exact name of the community, but this is a well-known section of Los Angeles with a major arterial street called "Gaffey").  I asked him if I had to bring the money, and he said yes.  I told him that I didn't have that kind of money (actually true) and gave a sympathetic reason (also true), and he then said that the fine could be reduced with special cooperation for persons lacking any criminal history, to $450.

He then gave me an address on Gaffey Street, and he stated that yes, this was a US DOJ/DEA office (at this point, I'm thinking that I'm dealing with a corrupt DEA agent who is shaking people down based on patient records seized from some clinic somewhere).  He said that he would call me back in 20 minutes, and that he would give me instructions for making payment and filling out paperwork.  I asked him if I had to pay cash, and he said "yes" (this immediately confirmed him as either a scammer or a corrupt DEA agent).   He said that if I did not answer his call, he would assume that I was planning to escape justice, and that a cordon of my neighborhood would be formed to ensure my arrest (another sure proof that this was a scam, because this would be bizarre waste of resources to go after what could be a legitimate pain patient!).  He said that he was sure I would want to avoid this kind of public disgrace, and he was hoping for my cooperation.  I said,  "oh sure, I will help any way I can!"

I asked him for his name (which he had not volunteered) and he said "Thomas M. Harrigan"  (a highly unusual name for an hispanic gentleman, I thought).  He then gave me a web link which pointed to a photo and bio of a well-known DEA agent of that name.   While I was on the computer, I asked him if he would be there when I brought the money, and he said "no" (an indicator that this was a non-government extortionist, as a corrupt DEA agent could be expected to use his person, badge, office, and color of authority to make an in-your-face demand for a payoff).  I then got off the phone.

As I was sitting at the computer, I typed in a query that quickly brought me to whocallsme.com, and to this thread!  I let out a nervous chuckle when I saw that the name "Harrigan" and the date "2007" here.  Needless to say, although my phone rang twice in the next half hour, I did not answer it, although if I had, I would have given the caller the link to the DEA news release advising of his own extortion scam.

Please keep in mind, if you receive such a call as the foregoing described, you could be dealing with either a corrupt police official OR  a private criminal or extortion gang.  But you can be sure, for all kinds of reasons, that you are not listening to a legitimate investigator making a legitimate call in connection with a criminal investigation.  There are so many reasons that you can be sure of this that all I can say is, if you're not sure why, you need to bone up on your grade school civics lessons, especially topics related to your right to appear before a judge or magistrate and to be found guilty of a crime before you would be assessed any fine  (this is true even when you pay a traffic fine, but you can waive your right to appear in court for minor infractions).  If you're college educated, you're probably also aware that your health records on file with health care providers, including online pharmacies, are protected by HIPAA, so the DEA can't use such information to establish your guilt or innocence of any crime.  Further unless you intended to obtain prescription drugs by fraud, you simply have not committed any crime, regardless of how interested the DEA may be in prosecuting your health care provider.

If you get a call like this, I hope that you are suspicious enough to come to this website, but don't automatically assume you have the same scammer that I did.  You could in fact be dealing with a corrupt cop, and what you need to do or not do may vary slightly in that case.  In the end, though, you will not meet anyone, say anything incriminating, sigh anything, or pay anyone any money UNLESS you are doing this under the supervision of legitimate police.  Get a grip, and be glad that this sort of extortion can only work if you're unreasonably scared, unusually ignorant, drug addled, or some combination of these.

Just received call from same jerk on a Sat. First of all, what Gov agency is working or calling on a Sat. They dont want you to bee able to contact real DEA... duh! Anyway, I was scared to death I admit. My husband was not home and when he told me not to talk to anyone in order not to further my arrest, I called him on my cell phone to ask him. He also did not want me to get off the phone and actually asked me to call him from my cell phone. Just another number to harrass you with. He gave me the number  510-725-4009 to contact me on and said that I had 20 min to wire him $ 1980 via western union otherwise an officer would be at my door to arrest me.he also called from 347-637-5214 and 407-624-4536 I hope that this will save someone else from going through this.

Now he is claiming to be a District Attorney at 415-852-9456....everyone call this number and leave him nasty messages!!!!  He has taken to calling the elderly and scaring them.

Fake DEA agent named Thomas Harrigan. Very boring speil about how I'm under arrest. I played along for a while but had things to do.

Same guy Thomas Harrigan called me today. I have been getting non stop calls from 980-233-8100 in NC. Yesterday they called 41 times from that number. Each time I answered and told them they had the wrong number...30 seconds after hanging up it would ring again with a different person called from the same number. So today 240-949-2585 called me and said he was Thomas Harrigan from the DEA. I told him the person he wanted was out so he left his name and number and said to have them call him back immediately as it was extremely important. So glad I found this website and that you guys are getting calls from the same idiot. I wasn't nervous because I have done nothing wrong. I wish I could block these numbers as all those calls yesterday were crazy. Next time he calls I am going to answer the phone and say "Police Department" and see if they hang up. They must be successful with some people with this fraud otherwise they wouldn't keep doing it. What a joke!!

Just received a call from fake DEA agent Thomas Harrigan. Extremely rude and arrogant. Knows personal information and claims I am going to be arrested for ordering medication online. Demanding I bring $2750 cash to a random address in Santa Clarita, CA in order to have charges dropped. When I mentioned getting an attorney, he said the deal is off if legal counsel is involved. Then when I stated I was skeptical about the validity of the call, he basically said this was the real deal and if I wasn't willing to bring the cash to the location, he was sending DEA agents to my office to arrest me.

Call Back # given: 240-949-2585
Address to drop off cash: 24975 Pico Canyon Rd., Stevenson Ranch, CA

I also got call from this fake DEA agent. I was not scared just pissed. what dea agency calls you to tell you that you are going to be arrested??? Not. But its clearly a scam for something...just dont know what yet. this should be stoped by the right authorities. Ill look into this.

Jcc

I got a call form this idiot... he is or sounds like the same guy from another area code that called me a couple of months ago--

he threatens and wont let you put him on hold-- its really funny.  But if you didnt know it could be scary.... I kept saying... to myself.. ohhh I better not say this or that in case it really is DEA but ... just incase... I mean... say you start cursing them out and it is the DEA hahahahaha

well its not and please dont fall victom to this... Thhey will eventually always ask you to wire money to the dominican republic.... I told him--- I would come to him  give me the address I said... ill come to you...
JERK!!  FUNNY THING Is i keep getting calls from a 980 area code telling me they are calling about my rx .  I told them 123678908765432 times to take me off their dumb a$$ list... my thoughts are they are working together-- if you dont buy their meds then you get the call from the fake dea agent---  I WANT TO BLOCK THEIR NUMBER...  I WILL TURN THEM IN=---

NEXT TIME... I AM GOING TO GO ALONG AND GET TO THE POINT OF WHERE DO I WIRE THE MONEY--- GET ALL THE INFO AND
TURN THAT IN=--

BULL CRAP-- I ACTUALLY HAVE A DEA FRIEND THAT WILL TRACK THEM DOWN

with a 250,000 fine and min 20 years i think ill be the one smiling mr FAKE HORRIGON  look out !!!

Got a call from this guy and i was playing along for 12 minutes and finally hung up on him. Called the number back but won't accept call. Should report to the DEA.

"Thomas Harrigan" called my house a few minutes ago and really had me really scared at first.  Said all the same things Very Pissed says – from 2007!  After I realized he wouldn’t let me be a minute not on the phone with him, I figured out he didn’t want me to be able to check it out.  Kept threatening if I was wasting his time when he has so much to do he was going to let them just come and arrest me.  (Cuz there is a warrant out for my arrest and they want to come right now but he was able to stop them since I answered the phone.)  

So I started crying hysterically and said I had to go to the bathroom and be sick and I would call him back.  He said put the phone down and he would wait.  I told him I have IBS and I’ll be making really loud sounds with diarrhea and I just couldn’t do that.  So he agreed I could call him back.  Then I googled and found this website right off and got really pissed.  

He called back in about 3 minutes and I answered the phone with a very weak voice and said “911, the door is unlocked.”  He said very quickly and in a very alarmed voice -- "what??? You don’t have to be scared, you’re one of the lucky ones , most are in jail right now– calm down, everything is okay….."  I told him very weakly and broken that I was having a heart attack I had called 911 and the ambulance is on its way.  Then I dropped the phone and made a bunch of heart attack noises (whatever those are?) choking sounds, gasping sounds, groaning…. That kind of stuff.  He quickly hung up!  Think he’ll call back?

Just the same – I am going to report this because it’s outrageous and he/they should be in jail!  Thanks everyone, for writing this online so I could find it so quickly!!!

thomas harrigan still at it. told him he was a scam.

Please read the following post from the National Pharmacy Board.

Federal Investigation Leads to Indictment in Rogue Internet Drug Site Extortion Scam
February 18, 2011 12:10 PM

Topics: Internet Pharmacy, Patient Safety

An indictment names 11 defendants, all citizens of the Dominican Republic, charged with crimes related to extorting money from United States citizens who had purchased drugs from rogue Internet sites. As reported in a Department of Justice news release, “the 11 defendants are charged with participating in a scheme to defraud victims by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. After selling the drugs to the victims, members of the criminal organization then posed as agents of the United States government, told victims that they were under investigation, and threatened their arrest unless they made payments via wire transfer to individuals in the Dominican Republic.” Hundreds of US citizens submitted complaints about the scheme and Drug Enforcement Administration, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) collaborated in the investigation that led to the indictment. If convicted, those indicted could be sentenced to a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000 for each count of wire fraud and a maximum penalty of five years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000 for conspiracy. NABP reported on the extortion scam and related FDA warnings in December 29, 2009 e-News, January 6, 2010 e-News, and January 20, 2011 e-News.

Received call from Thomas Harrigan DEA Agent from 323-319-6248 trying to find out the real deal on this guy to report these type of calls.

Any thoughts on how to stop a false DEA Agent?????

fake...nothing but a scam

Lets put this to rest.  Its a scam pure and simple.  People, please disregard and ignore anyone calling and representing themselves as a dea (or any other type of federal or law enforcement agent).

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.  This is completely fake and NOTHING will happen to you or your family, These jerks have absolutely no power over you whatsoever unless you let them by falling for their nonsense.

If you have the gumption, try and keep them on the line as long as possible.  Make-up any information they are requesting from you on the spot.  Keep them talking, pretend you are scared and maybe, you will be able to obtain mailing addresses, real phone or fax numbers, or any other information you can use to assist the REAL authorities in apprehending these fools.

If you're not in the mood for any of their games, remind them that impersonating a federal officer or agent is a felony and watch how quickly they will disappear!  Rest easy and think to yourself that this type of call is utter BS.  Take control and tell these guys where to go!

It is very important to file an FCC complaint anytime you receive calls like this.  If enough complaints are registered, eventually these calls may stop.

https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action

Below is a list of other (or perhaps the same) DEA scammers.  Read through and cross-post these numbers anywhere or anytime these jerks call with a new number.

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-202-239-0426
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-25061cac9dd963f/fake-dea-call-202-629-9156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-203-0026
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-929-8358
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-772-0856
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-617-252-8207
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-617-334-9371
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-202-239-8744
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-305-907-8669
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-368-9155
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-301-825-5027
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-443-478-9016
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-617-252-8207
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-805-351-3556
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-323-319-6248

US Department of Justice, DEA Website: Extortion Scams:
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm

Called me twice now and the second time my wife answered and it freaked her out.

I already knew it was a scam.

I got a call today from him.  I thought he was selling something at first (I guess he was...Bullcrap)...anyway, I pretended to take the info, and then when he said DEA, it did scare me a bit.

Thank goodness for caller ID, to get the number, and Google to find out he's a fake!

From the looks of all these posts, he sure keeps busy.  Obviously, it must be working for him, or else why does he keep doing it?  I feel so bad for those people that he scared, and the ones that have paid.

Called me today saying I had done something wrong and were need to settle over the phone for $1075. HAHAHAHAH

"Thomas Harrigan" called my house a few minutes ago and really had me really scared at first.  Said all the same things Very Pissed says ? from 2007!  After I realized he wouldn?t let me be a minute not on the phone with him, I figured out he didn?t want me to be able to check it out.  Kept threatening if I was wasting his time when he has so much to do he was going to let them just come and arrest me.  (Cuz there is a warrant out for my arrest and they want to come right now but he was able to stop them since I answered the phone.)  

So I started crying hysterically and said I had to go to the bathroom and be sick and I would call him back.  He said put the phone down and he would wait.  I told him I have IBS and I?ll be making really loud sounds with diarrhea and I just couldn?t do that.  So he agreed I could call him back.  Then I googled and found this website right off and got really pissed.  

He called back in about 3 minutes and I answered the phone with a very weak voice and said ?911, the door is unlocked.?  He said very quickly and in a very alarmed voice -- "what??? You don?t have to be scared, you?re one of the lucky ones , most are in jail right now? calm down, everything is okay?.."  I told him very weakly and broken that I was having a heart attack I had called 911 and the ambulance is on its way.  Then I dropped the phone and made a bunch of heart attack noises (whatever those are?) choking sounds, gasping sounds, groaning?. That kind of stuff.  He quickly hung up!  Think he?ll call back?

Just the same ? I am going to report this because it?s outrageous and he/they should be in jail!  Thanks everyone, for writing this online so I could find it so quickly!!!

there are 3 of my family been contacted by this thomas harrigan the first time scared me he told me i had to be in court in ny 6000 miles away or pay a fine that was i had to be there in march 2011 or have them come get me well i got address of court house and called they dont deal with dea i was really scared at the time he sounded authentic but i talked to a few people and now im secure enough to tell u when he called my mom i cussed him out told him he was a scam and got it all off my chest luckily when he called today and ask for the 3rd member of my family i just told him he had the wrong number he said ok the end. but  i cant see how he is still getting away with this his voice is very recognizable i knew it was the same guy every time he sounds like denzel washington lol