I received a call from this number today and a man told me that I was facing felony charges for "worthless checks" and that he would issue a "state wide warrant for my arrest".
Let me first say that I am in Ohio and the call came from Texas.
I recently filed and completed a personal bankruptcy and the company he mentioned as the place I owed money to originally was one of the creditors discharged. He stated my full name, social security number and last four digits of an old bank account number. When I asked who he represented he became quite belligerent and told me that his name was Luitenant Schneider with the "financial crimes unit". He said I was facing 85 months in jail if I didn't cooperate.
After some tense conversation I finally figured I would pretend like I was cooperating to get more information. I asked "What do you need from me?" He said I needed to pay restitution before 6:00 p.m. today. When I asked where I needed to do this he said I should go to one of many "restitution centers" throughout My city and pay there. He instructed me to go to Walmart. That's right. Walmart. He said the state of Ohio uses MoneyGram as a means for restitution payment for felony case. I knew immediately he was full of crap. The state doesn't use MoneyGram. He wanted me to call him once I was at Walmart at the MoneyGram station an he would give me the number to send it to and he would take down my home address to send me verification of payment by mail. I politely told him I would need to call my wife and arrange to have the money available and that I would call him back.
I didn't call him back. I called the police station. I spoke with a detective and told him everything "Luitenant Schneider" told me. Before I even finished he told me it was a scam. He said their department is getting over 300 reports like this every week. He thanked me for calling in and took down the number to flag it as fraudulent. When I told him the "Luitenant" had given me a badge number he just laughed a little bit and said "Give me give seconds and I can come up with a badge number too."
Don't fall for it. They'll have all your info and want to scare you into paying money to them. What they're doing is a crime and should be reported to your local law enforcement.
This number is fraudulent. It is a scam.
I received a call from this number today and a man told me that I was facing felony charges for "worthless checks" and that he would issue a "state wide warrant for my arrest".
Let me first say that I am in Ohio and the call came from Texas.
I recently filed and completed a personal bankruptcy and the company he mentioned as the place I owed money to originally was one of the creditors discharged. He stated my full name, social security number and last four digits of an old bank account number. When I asked who he represented he became quite belligerent and told me that his name was Luitenant Schneider with the "financial crimes unit". He said I was facing 85 months in jail if I didn't cooperate.
After some tense conversation I finally figured I would pretend like I was cooperating to get more information. I asked "What do you need from me?" He said I needed to pay restitution before 6:00 p.m. today. When I asked where I needed to do this he said I should go to one of many "restitution centers" throughout My city and pay there. He instructed me to go to Walmart. That's right. Walmart. He said the state of Ohio uses MoneyGram as a means for restitution payment for felony case. I knew immediately he was full of crap. The state doesn't use MoneyGram. He wanted me to call him once I was at Walmart at the MoneyGram station an he would give me the number to send it to and he would take down my home address to send me verification of payment by mail. I politely told him I would need to call my wife and arrange to have the money available and that I would call him back.
I didn't call him back. I called the police station. I spoke with a detective and told him everything "Luitenant Schneider" told me. Before I even finished he told me it was a scam. He said their department is getting over 300 reports like this every week. He thanked me for calling in and took down the number to flag it as fraudulent. When I told him the "Luitenant" had given me a badge number he just laughed a little bit and said "Give me give seconds and I can come up with a badge number too."
Don't fall for it. They'll have all your info and want to scare you into paying money to them. What they're doing is a crime and should be reported to your local law enforcement.
Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: Luitenant Schneider
Company: Wouldnt tell me
Number: 469-208-4703
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