Victim Location 99228
Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency
Consumer’s Son called:
My Mom got a call from a guy who said he was her grandson (who is actually my daughter’s boyfriend, they have two kids together). He said he was driving to work with 4 other guys and they had a minor accident but there were drugs (cocaine, heroin, etc) found in the car and he is being held on $40,000.00. Then the officer came to the line named Derrick Sharp #8642 who said that if my mom agreed to pay the $40,000 then they would send a Wells Fargo armored vehicle to pick up the funds and then release him. The DEA Officer asked my mom’s and dad’s names and she told him, but then she asked the officer "If it is really him then ask him with the names of his two children are". The DEA Officer told her that he was downstairs so he couldn’t ask. My parents were very hesitant and the Officer told them not to contact anyone else.
Victim Location 21117
Type of a scam Phishing
Caller claimed to be from the DEA. Caller said I owe money for a prescription I filled online last year. Caller demanded I pay within the next hour or they would press charges/ arrest me. I asked the caller to send documentation to me, and the caller stated that I would have to pay half of what they claim I owe, before he would send me anything in the mail. The caller was foreign. Another gentlemen took over the call and was pretending to be the first person who I spoke with- I could clearly tell that it was not the same person.