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I just got the same calls and was very concerned with the same story. I actually was dumb enough to send some cash (a couple of hundred) via western union to the Dominican republic .

I fear now that he will be calling back and intimidating my family is there a real DEA number or a way to verify?

one way to fight back - buy a cheap throw away cell phone,  call this [***] back all day long and tie up his phone

Good news regarding the criminals calling from this number:

ELEVEN CITIZENS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHO IMPERSONATED FEDERAL AGENTS INDICTED FOR WIRE FRAUD

St. Louis, MO: The United States Attorney’s Office announced the indictment of 11 defendants, all citizens of the Dominican Republic, in a criminal conspiracy involving wire fraud.

Harry S. Sommers, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA St. Louis Division stated, "These indictments reflect the commitment of the DEA and our federal law enforcement partners in dismantling and destroying these types of unprincipled Internet pharmacies."

Acting Special Agent in Charge, Kathleen Martin-Weis  of  FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations observed that  "When consumers purchase drugs online from unscrupulous Internet pharmacies, they not only put their health at risk but subject themselves to extortion and compromise their personal financial information.”

The 11 defendants are charged with participating in a scheme to defraud victims by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. After selling the drugs to the victims,  members of the criminal organization then posed as agents of the United States Government, told victims that they were under investigation,  and threatened their arrest unless they made payments via wire transfer to individuals in the Dominican Republic.

This investigation involved the collaborative investigative efforts of the DEA, Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and encompassed victims located across the United States who in most cases had previously purchased medication over the Internet or by telephone without a valid prescription. To date, investigators have received over 1,000 complaints from victims who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in "fines" after they were threatened by the impersonators (impostors). The extortion amounts requested generally ranged between $2,500 to $25,000 and often the extortionists called back after receiving payment to seek more money. In this case, payments were made in increments between $200 and $6,800.

The indictment focused in particular on a victim who resides in the Eastern District of Missouri and who paid over $85,000 to the individuals indicted. Persons involved in the scheme initially threatened to arrest the victim for illegally purchasing the weight loss medication phenteimine unless the victim agreed to pay a fine. These same persons later informed the victim that he/she could join a lawsuit against the Dominican company that had sold him/her the medication and receive a settlement by paying the taxes on the "settlement" in advance.

If convicted, those indicted could be sentenced to a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000 for each count of wire fraud and a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000 for conspiracy. In determining the actual sentences, a Judge is required to consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which provide recommended sentencing ranges.

Indicted:

Edison Joseph, a/k/a "Edison Joseph Rodriguez";

Francisco Santana, a/k/a "Francisco Ilianovis Santana Vizcaino";

Miguel Bonilla, a/k/a "Miguel Bonilla Caminero";

Santiago Guzman, a/k/a "Santiago Guzman Gonzalez";

Victor Ventura, a/k/a "Victor Hugo Ventura Perdomo";

Marcos Rodriguez, a/k/a "Marcos Rodriguez Adon";

Samuel Bello, a/k/a "Samuel Bello De Los Santos";

Alberto Rojas;

Eduardo Benito Nunez;

Claudio Ramirez, a/k/a "Claudio Ramirez Ramirez"; and

Elinson Reyes , a/k/a "Elinson Bienvenido Reyes Almonte."

I've received a call from this guy two days in a row! he's called from 2 different numbers stating two different names each time. he said my name came up in an on going criminal investigation due to illegal diet pills I had bought? he never asked me for a social security number or anything, just asked me if my name was blank and if I lived at blank address. he told me the only way that he could have all charges dropped was of I immediately sent a western union to the dominican republic for the amount of 1,850 dollars!  yesterday when he called he stated that his name was osteven Castillo, and that number was from Maryland! today the call came from Washington D.C. I contacted the police and made them aware of what was going on and I'm contacting my attorney. please stop this guy!

He called me today. Left a message for someone else. I called back and he said that I had bought illegal prescription drugs online. I told him I had never purchased prescription drugs online and he mumbled something and hung up on me. I have called back repeatedly and he now won't answer....I didn't even tell him my name but he KNEW I had ordered them...my brother works in Washington and said it is a major scam to wire money or get credit card numbers...."

I got the same call 2 hrs ago and was interrupted at work by this person. I hope he gets caught soon, Sad
people like this exsist in this world, but happy people like us back each other up aswell...
Stay blessed everyone, thanks for looking out.

I got a message on my phone saying he is William Thomas Harrigan and is a Deputy Administrator with the DEA and I was to call back immediately and talk to "anyone in his district".  I went through a few minutes of "oh my gosh, what could this be about" and finally thought to Google the phone number.  It brought me to this page.  Thank goodness for the internet.  Before I was concerned/worried; now I'm annoyed/mad.  Thanks to all who posted.  It saved me a lot of headaches.  I was called from 202-241-0566.

I just got the call from 202-241-3059. This guy is sure an idiot to think anyone would believe him with an accent like that. Will take this up with the real feds because I know someone out there will get fleeced.

The callers real name is "Clint John Leath" whom resides in Garland, Texas. Try his partners other number @ 972-896-3944. It's some type of psychic business. These are a couple of real time shady cons. You folks know how devious these no class so-called psychics operate, right? They mostly cater to the elderly who get sucked in to these scumbags dirty business very easily. Stay away from these lowlife people folks and call the police on them. The city of Fort Worth, Texas convicted three psychic woman last year and gave a couple of them hard time. Google what I've just mentioned about the three psychics in that city. I believe they conned the elderly out of about half million, unbelievable article on those woman, so watch out for these other scammers. Good luck people and be good to yourselves.

I am receiving calls from a 202-690-2425  & 209-320-1618. They told me they are from Health and human services and loan approval. They provided me with a approval number and stated I would get $10,000.00 direct deposit to my account but I would need to provide them with $180.00. They even told me my bank account information.

I was called to be told I had won $8500 in mesh bladder sling surgery. That all I needed to do was submit $192.00 for legal fees. I believe it is fraudulent. How do I find out?

sa long as you didnt give them any personall information that they used to comitt a crime with my local authorities ( i live in iowa) say they dont have any authority to investigate and are local police are very great at geting the comunity attention about different phone scams out

These guys are in India and/or Pakistan. I know the choicest cuss words in Hindi/Urdu. As soon as I heard that he is Officer XYZ, he heard me cursing non-stop for good 3 minutes. For a change, the loser on the other end was surprised. He he. Felt good if nothing else. Have to give them credit for persistence. They called right back, left a VM in Hindi/Urdu, telling me not to abuse them in Hindi/Urdu, as it is their first language, followed by some random threats. Yes, it happened. Called the phone company to get the number added to the blacklist. These [***] are using a magicjack or something for VOIP calls from overseas. Just give them a piece of your mind when they call again. Look at it as free anger management therapy ;-)

I just received the same phone call. But to my understanding NOTHING ...I MEAN NOTHING has been done to stop this person. If people been claiming the same offense shouldn't action be taken place already? think outside the box, if he's not caught and still continues to do these offenses someone is allowing it.

I am so pissed that this guy called my parents house and harassed them. He freaked them out, This is obviously Fraud and extortion attempt but it is sad that scum like these exist in this world. I Hope I can trace this azz hole wherever he is in this world and drag his corpse around the city. I already hired a investigator to set this guy up and leave the rest to my pals to f@@k him up. He will learn the last lesson from me: u may get lucky but u won't get lucky all the time, he just taunted the wrong tiger.

Now stating he's fromthe IRS Fraud claims division.  Heard about tbhis scam.  Cut him off and told him to send me any claims via mail.

Third time I've received a call like this. Ordered ambien online WITH A PRESCRIPTION about 13 years ago. I missed the first two calls and they left the same general message regarding DEA investigation. First time was Special Agent Jimmy Fox, forget the second guys name.

Knowing it was a scam, I recognized the Washington DC 202 area code and figured it was them when they called today. Decided to have a little fun. Today the guy was Robin Williams, so I asked him how Mindy was doing and when his last trip to Ork was.

Gave me the whole schpeel as everyone else has said, I just laughed my way through it. Said, sure, send the cops to arrest me, I'll have coffee ready for them. Said they'll be there in 10 minutes, I said, ooh, ok, I better do my hair. I'm a guy, but this guy had a very sweet, feminine voice. He either has a feminine gene or he's gay, one of the two. So I started calling him sweetie. Oh no problem sweetie, I'll be right hear, come on over. You sound so nice, I hope you're be accompanying them!! I think I heard him laugh on his own, trying to hold it in.

Finally I got bored with it and said, I hope you can sleep well at night, knowing that you are scaring people and stealing from hard working, law abiding citizens. Karma always has a way of coming around, so I'll pray for you, you're going to need it. I read where your threats scared someone so much it gave him a heart attack and killed him and they are now prosecuting that person for murder, so enjoy your days behind bars!! He was speechless, I said have nice day and hung up.

This man called and told me that he was from the IRS and that they are going to put me in jail for 30,000 dollars. Also they are suing me because of me not paying. The nerve of the man!!

This is a group scam going on. I received a call this morning from a similar number, only the last four digits were changed. This man claims to be an investigator for the irs saying that you are guilty of tax evasion and that if you don't agree to send a partial payment in right away that you will have to be put in protective custody until the federal authorities can come and retrieve you. I led this guy on for a while, and believe me, he knows his stuff. There are also many others working with him, several people interrupted him with questions while we were on the line.Please beware of any calls from this 202-241 area code. I have filed a report with the police, and I suggest everyone do the same so that this nonsense can come to a close, and stop evolving into other things.

Did not answer a call from this number today because I did not recognize it.  Immediately came to this website for info.  Thanks!