U.S. Marshals issue warning about a new scam in which a caller impersonating a social security officer tells the person receiving the call that Marshals will break down their door if they don't pay up.
News headlines today: Dec. 17, 2019The United States Marshals have issued a warning this Christmas season about a new scam involving the caller impersonating a social security officer and telling the person receiving the call that the U.S. Marshals will break down their door if they don't pay up.
The man received a call from someone claiming to be calling from the Social Security Administration and said that a rented car in his name was found in Texas with drugs in it and that he might have been a victim of identity theft. The lie continued when the fake officer on the other end of the phone said that he could be found guilty of 'very serious' charges and even provided a fake badge and case number.
"He told me to put my phone in my pocket and go into the bank or withdraw all my funds. And in which time I did, and now I've got my life savings in front of me and it's out of the bank -- it's signed out of the bank," the man said. That is when the man told the bank teller and his sister who proceeded to call the U.S. Marshals who then told the man's sister it was all a scam.A person uses a phone in this stock photo.
"We want to make sure that everybody knows that we wouldn't do that if the Marshal Service needs to get in touch with you, we would do that in person. You would be able to see our credentials and you'll be able to verify that we really are who we say we are and that at any time," Kent explained.
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