Phone scam
Complaint
V. Reid
Country: United States
Yesterday, we received a voice message on one of our cell phones.
Someone claiming to be "Officer Robert Richman", claimed that our number, name, and social security number had been referenced as part of a "complaint", and strongly suggested that we contact them back immediately. The number he left was 936-657-4224. The voice on the recording had a very thick foreign accent, perhaps Indian?, and sounded as if it had been mechanically altered. We tried calling the number back, and got a recording suggesting that we give them our name and information and they would call us back.
We called several times trying to get through, each time becoming more convinced this was a scammer. We even attempted to look the agency up on Google to find out who they were. We eventually cot through to them, and asked them directly who them were, and what agency they worked for. The voice answering the phone, was the same voice that had left the recording. However he would not give his name, or who he worked for, and demanded that we tell him who we were, saying that their policy prohibited him from talking to anyone that concealed their identity. He then went on to call us stupid for calling him, and demanded to know how we got his number.
This is absolutely a scam.
Someone claiming to be "Officer Robert Richman", claimed that our number, name, and social security number had been referenced as part of a "complaint", and strongly suggested that we contact them back immediately. The number he left was 936-657-4224. The voice on the recording had a very thick foreign accent, perhaps Indian?, and sounded as if it had been mechanically altered. We tried calling the number back, and got a recording suggesting that we give them our name and information and they would call us back.
We called several times trying to get through, each time becoming more convinced this was a scammer. We even attempted to look the agency up on Google to find out who they were. We eventually cot through to them, and asked them directly who them were, and what agency they worked for. The voice answering the phone, was the same voice that had left the recording. However he would not give his name, or who he worked for, and demanded that we tell him who we were, saying that their policy prohibited him from talking to anyone that concealed their identity. He then went on to call us stupid for calling him, and demanded to know how we got his number.
This is absolutely a scam.
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