I got a voicemail from a man with a thick accent pretending to be a DEA agent (though at first he said CIA) looking for Hans Gordon. Several minutes later there was another call from the same number looking for someone with a different name but pressing that this was an urgent matter and that if it could not be worked out then an arrest warrant would be issued and whoever he was looking for would be arrested at their home or place of business.
I didn't call back, but I am aware of this scam. You call back and they tell you ordered items that are illegal to pass through customs and you can take care of it by paying a fine within a certain number of hours. If you don't, you will have to go to court. Sometimes this scam's caller poses as a collection agency for the government for unpaid traffic tickets. Most people probably brush it off, but if you think you might have ordered something you weren't supposed to or that you have outstanding tickets their scare tactics could work.
I got a voicemail from a man with a thick accent pretending to be a DEA agent (though at first he said CIA) looking for Hans Gordon. Several minutes later there was another call from the same number looking for someone with a different name but pressing that this was an urgent matter and that if it could not be worked out then an arrest warrant would be issued and whoever he was looking for would be arrested at their home or place of business.
I didn't call back, but I am aware of this scam. You call back and they tell you ordered items that are illegal to pass through customs and you can take care of it by paying a fine within a certain number of hours. If you don't, you will have to go to court. Sometimes this scam's caller poses as a collection agency for the government for unpaid traffic tickets. Most people probably brush it off, but if you think you might have ordered something you weren't supposed to or that you have outstanding tickets their scare tactics could work.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Agent Anderson
Company: Supposedly DEA
Number: 323-629-4009