Mar 25, 2014
So a gentleman with a thick middle eastern accent calls, and begins to tell me he's a law enforcement official with the department of law and investigation. OK... I identify myself as an officer as well, ad I really am a cop. I ask him what this is about. He tells me I owe $569.00, and that I need to pay this amount right away. OK.. I owe nobody a cent. All my bills, with the exception of my mortgage and utilities are all paid up. And since I use a debit card to purchase things, I have no credit card debt. So I ask him whom I owe the debt to. He said he didn't have that information. Hmmm.... Ok, so I ask him for more identification. He gives me his "badge" number. I then ask to speak to his immediate supervisor. So another gentleman gets on the phone, says his name is Mike O'Brien. With his accent? Yeah... right. Bottom line, it's a scam, I owe nobody any money, it's laughable, at best. Don't fall for it, and don't pay them a penny. #1, they aren't in the 718 area code, they're somewhere in the middle east using a VOIP phone with a forwarded area code.