Department of Law & Investigations Threatening phone call saying I am in serious trouble Keenesburg, Colorado
I was contacted at home, on my voicemail, by someone with an Indian accent who identified himself as Officer ___ (I didn't understand the name) with the Department of Law & Investigations. He said that I am in serious trouble & that I must contact him. That this is a serious matter. He said if I do not contact him all he can do is wish me good luck when this is forced upon me. The phone# he left was 303-578-5558. I looked it up on the internet & the phone # is for Keenesburg, CO. No name or address was given for this phone#.
I was a little unnerved by this message & googled the "department of law & investigations" & found this website, Rip Off Report.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Jim
Millbrook,Alabama,
U.S.A.
Trace won't work, they are using a Telephone relay
#4Consumer Comment
Wed, November 10, 2010
Do they have a heavy accent? If so,These assholes are calling from India or Pakistan using fake American sounding names, their scam is To scare you into paying a Loan that doesn't exist.
Usually by saying they're Officer(Fake American Name) Obvious clue, the heavy accent, hard to understand, or cannot understand this (American Name) Officer?
Their Game plan is to scare you by threats like "Have the police at your door" or "Warrant has been signed" or "You're in big trouble", "You've committed BANK FRAUD" or similar lies.
They usually say they're from "The Department of LAW and Investigation" or similar scary FAKE NAMES (recently they used United Nations Law Division, and more recently the ACS Law division, and more recently 1st IRS Legal Dept)
You're NOT in trouble, they're just good Liars, Pay them NOTHING, they're only Slimy thieves.
Recently they've been changing names at the speed of light, and they use a telephone relay so they look like they're calling in America, they're NOT.
This is another name, but the same scammers.
OR IF YOU WANT PROOF THEY'RE THIEVES Tell them to send you verification there's any "Debt" at all, if they start screaming at you, that's proof positive that they're just thieves.
When/if they call again tell them they're just thieves and hang up, they can't arrest you, It's just a scam.
Steve
Bradenton,Florida,
U.S.A.
File a police report, then setup "call trace" on your acct
#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, October 18, 2010
The first thing you need to do is file a police report, as it is a felony to impersonate a police officer. Then, with that police report, have your phone company put a trace on your line.
File an FTC complaint against them for the illegal collections activity.
These scammers are not even in the United States. They are somewhere in the middle east using a VOIP connection and a spoofed phone number.
Don't even talk to these lowlife idiots. Send them to voicemail, or even better act like you are taking the call then immediately press and hold the # key. This will blow the headset of this idiots head, and if it's an automated dialer, it will flag the number as being disconnected.
Have fun with these idiots.
Cheri
Willow Street,Pennsylvania,
United States of America
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#4Author of original report
Mon, October 18, 2010
Now they called me at my work#! The person identified himself as Officer Lloyd, said he was calling me regarding a legal matter. He started talking & I told him I could not understand him & he put another officer on the phone, who identified himself as Officer Austin, Jeff Ausin, a senior officer. He told me this is regarding a legal matter, that an Affadavit had been filed against me by a company called Cashnet. I told him I had never heard of Cashnet. He proceeded with his script but I told him that I knew this was a scam because I had looked them up on the internet. I told him I don't have time to talk because I am at work & I hung up on him.