There have been innumerable victims during the past few months, due to the scam calls from 911 or some one claiming to be DHS (Department of Homeland Security) or USCIS officer. In this post I would like to focus on what the victims experienced and how you have to react during such situations.
Scam Scenario Detailed
- The victim receives a call either from 911 or some number, from a person claiming to be DHS or USCIS officer.
- The caller threatens saying the victim are out of status and/or the victim have not updated the alien registration number and you would are deported and hence have to leave the country (USA) with in 24 hours
- The caller also threatens not to disconnect the call and/or that the cops would come to your residence and arrest you.
- After some conversation, the person ends up telling the victim he may overcome the situation by paying money through Money Transfer via Western Union.
- The caller may also ask you to transfer money in different ways; may ask you to with draw cash from a bank and buy money pak cards from a gas station and scratch the number behind the card and ask the victim to read it out.
- During this process, the caller immediately transfers the money to his account through some means.
This is a Scam! I would like to make you aware so that you may not get into such situation. This has been very common these days. In general,
- A person would generally not receive a call from 911, unless you called 911 prior to you receiving the call.
- Any USCIS notices would be sent by mail, but not through phone conversation.
- When a person threatens you, do not panic, especially in this scenario.
- Ask additional information to the caller and then decide on the situation.
- The USCIS personnel would never ask you to transfer money using any money transfer methods or through cards, nor would never call you and talk for hours.
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Scam Calls in the Past
Got a call from 202-697-9674 claiming to be from USCIS. They were asking for Money Transfer via Western Union, clearly a scam. Surprised to see that they have so many information about me which is really scary…
Today, I got call from number 202-697-9674 . This seems to be some VoIP number in DC. This person told his name is Mike Coxhad and he is from department of homeland security. He then told me I did not update my aliens number. He asked me to deposit some money into American high commission, New Delhi in India. I said NO. He then asked me to send the money through Western Union money transfer. I told him, can I send the cheque and he hang up.
The same has happened to me..a person called david beck called me saying hes from the USCIS and said my alien number is not updated..i fell for the scam and transferred $1715 through western union..then i realized it was a scam.it was too late.the number i got a cal from is 484-833-9002.People please beware..no govt. Official will ask to pay the money immediately and never through western union. (source: complaintwire.org)
How To React?
- Try to communicate with people around you and see if you may call 911 from a different number to report this situation and get the call traced.
- Drop the phone call, and see if the person calls you back.
- Do not give any of your personal information, like your SSN, credit card details, etc.
- Do not continuously converse with the caller. They may threaten you not to drop the call.
- Ask Additional Information before deciding.
- Think twice, before you do any thing.
I got this exact scam call today and I asked the guy questions that side and eventually, he hung up when he couldnt answer. I didn’t give any details. The call right from the beginning sounded fake including his accent.
I wish I could report this some how.
Hi . This is Divya. I got a call from four numbers +16466820864 saying he is IRS officer saying to pay the fine amount of 8550$ and ongoing the conversation we came to know it’s a spamand even I’m getting call from 4697323567 and name Scam likely saying educational loan needed ?? For about 6-8 months!!
I got a similar call from 911 just today. It is crazy!
The person said he is a sheriff and the story goes on like one of those in the blogs and comments. He got mad at me when I mentioned about my attorney and started threatening me more. Thats when I hung up.
I got call from 911 Emergency number. I really shocked and attended the phone. She verified my name and mobile number and said she is from Revenue department and I am making foreign income here. I said, I am not working here and not earning anything. She said the police will come after 30 mins and they come and verify with you. I was really worrying and asked her how are you saying am earning. She said you recently did more transaction to foreign country. My heart beat was raising. She asked my foreign entry. I said the entry information. Finally she told me that the police will come and explain with them.
She disconnected the call. I called to my husband immediately and told him about this conversation. He said it’s Spam. I couldn’t believe it. He told me to check on internet. After reading this website I came to know fact.
Oh my god!. Really shocked. Thank you guys for updating the information. It is very helpful.
I’ve been applying jobs online recently, so a lot of my personal information needs to be posted on different jobboards, I think that’s one of the reasons these people can have my personal information. I know there are vendors selling personal data all around, as there are not too much regulations in these area, so personal information vending is hot, but what surprised me is this number 2022828495 has been fooling people since a few years ago and it’s still calling people with the same kind of tricks in 2017. I really hope the 911 can open up a website or forum to collect information of the scams and have them arrested!
If you have lived long enough in US, you should know the 911 is not an outbound number, that means when an emergency service or law enforcement like USCIS or ICE call it will be a 10 digit number with first 3 digits as area code. If you are foolish enough to assume it is a real law enforcement call you deserve the duping. Here ignorance is not a bliss.
I had a similar experience today and now I realize how crazy I was…I am still shaking
Got a call from 911 and same USCIS #, I was really busy in my work and I did not realize this is a fake call. And they said that I have a case filed from American High commission -New Delhi and I will be immediately deported from USA because I forgot to fill my Ds-230 form and I did not update my Alien # when I arrived to USA very first time.
He said his name is John Spencer.
I drove back to home without disconnecting the call then they transferred call to another police officer again and he said that I have less than an hour to get deported and judiciary denied to generate a ICQ # for back ground check.
I did not know about this scam and I started believing all this stupid stuff. He wanted me to close all electronic device and internet as well and there should be no third party involved. He did made me to look at the USCIS customer care # in the website and Alien #, then he transferred call to USCIS officer. He explained me again all shits and said your apology was not accepted by American high commission and please go back to police officer and they will generate an ICQ ID that will initiate your complete back ground check.
During this process I have to be in jail or pay $1,800 refundable for my back ground check.
Luckily my husband came with his friend and they heard me as I was in speaker phone.
My Husband and his friend started shouting on him he disconnected the call.
I got this similar call today from +11911. This guy with Indian accent told me that there has been a criminal case registered on me in New Delhi and they have arrest warrant against me and I will face deportation. He then asked me how long have I been in the US and told me that he will help me because his country didn’t want any innocent to be deported. Upon asking more details on my case, he said that he cannot tell me that and they will put black stamp on my passport. He asked with whom do I stay and asked to speak to my husband. He spoke to my husband and when my husband asked we shall seek legal course, he said police officers are on their way to arrest me He was very stern and rude. We then called actual 911 which then confirmed that it was a Scam call
After going this blog, I realized that I had updated my Naukri account yesterday. I checked my profile visits on Naukri and it is some “Suntech Solutions” from New Delhi who viewed my recent profile.
I got a call from 911 today . A lady spoke to me about an arrest warrant being issued on my name. Said a legal case has been filed against me at the delhi high court and thus if I do not co-operate they would arrest me and deport me immediately. I was asked with whom I stay and to go to a separate room. Upon asking that what case has been registered against me, she said that she would hand over the phone to the police officer and he would brief me on that. All during this I was asked not to disconnect the call or mute or even talk to someone else.
Now the second person comes on the call, a guy tells me same things as the lady. Also this guy once he hears that I stay with my husband and that he is at home asks me to hand over the phone to him. Now the conversation continues between the caller and my husband. He tells my husband all the details and asks to give my passport details to him. When my husband asks that what case has been registered against me: no answer , instead asks my passport no, address who stays at that address, also all dates of my US travel. Once all this information is given, he tells my husband to open a uscis site and talks about A_Number, then says to jot down a cbp no. etc. In the meantime my husband asks him from where he is calling as background noise of honking made him suspicious(Typically sounded like an indian traffic).The caller panics and becomes more stern that how dare we ask him questions, and after two or more questions he abuses and hangs up.
Glad that we didn’t fall for the scam but still shaken as the call was frightening. Then we call up 911 and tell them all about it, they send a police officer to our place and the police confirms that its a scam and also asks us never to receive any 911 calls.
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maharashtra-police-detain-over-500-for-duping-us-citizens-1470385
I have nothing to say, I lost 10k, i was so afraid that my mind was not working that time, it all happened after I post ad in sulekha, Wish I knew this before, my bad luck, I was afraid by seeing that 911 number, who on earth wants to get arrested..huh
Call from 911 after posting ad in Sulekha.
I got a similar call today from 911, asking me to stay where I am and that they are coming to take me into custody in 15mins.after posting sulekha add.
I got the call from 911 and the first sentence he said was to send some officer and arrest me. He asked my name and advised not to lie. He told his badge number. I got suspicious. I told fake name. I acted dumb. Since I am in software industry I was kind of aware of such scam calls. I played stupid for few mins. The other person hanged up realizing I am not an easy prey.
Yesterday, again I got 911 calls. Same thing happened. I told fake name. He said IRS guy will call you and be on line. I got a call from 800-375-5283.
He: “Tell me your real name. Do not lie”
Me: blah blah
He: “When did you come to US?”
Me: 2 years ago
He: “You did not pay I94 registration fee, that’s a violation. An officer will be coming to arrest you?”
Me: “I didn’t get I-94. It’s online.”
He: “There is a line at immigration to register I-94. You didn’t do that. Your OPT will be cancelled now”
Me: “I haven’t finished my graduation yet. I don’t have OPT”
He: drops the call
My wife got several such calls from 911 and other numbers multiple times claiming from IRS or DHS.
hi..
I posted an ad on eknazar yesterday and got a call from +911 united states the next morning.
He said he was with the US police and asked for my name,when i came into the country and my visa type.
i was scared to death when he told me that they have an arrest warrant and will arrest me.he told me i was involved in an immigration fraud.like he said i got a call from 1800 375 5283 but i missed the call twice.
the “police officer” was online with me all the while.he said he will hang up and that i should speak when 1800 number calls me again.
i never received the call and so i call 911.they told me its a scam and told me not to pay any money and that is when i relaxed after an hour.
though it was scam the tension it created was immense.all my dreams of my career were shattered.i was more than relieved to know it is a scam.
my suggestion is that if u get a call like this cut the call and see if they call u back or u call 911 and find out.dont just be scared like i was and go on telling ur details.
In an hour after i post an ad in Sulekha.com I got the same scam call from 911 and USCIS.
I missed a call from 2022828495 and when i tried calling back, it went straight to voicemail of Department of Homeland Security. I was puzzled and while waiting, the same number called again. A lady spoke and she said she is calling from DHS and asked my name. She confirmed my DOB (how did she get that) She asked if I am home or at work and when i said i am home, she said she is sending local police to detain me for 24 to 48 hours. I was shocked and when i asked why, she said she has a warrant id number and i made a note of it. Now At&T’s usual call drop happened and when i quickly checked the contact number of DHS, it was same as the number i got the call from.
She called again and she was very authoritative and said i shouldnt interrupt her or more charges will be filed. She said IRS sent documents regarding the case but I never received any. She said i shouldnt be letting any of my friends or family know about ths and even i shouldnt check internet. Now that became suspicious and still she went on. She said i have made money transactions to asian countries and i should be paying 4% tax for the transactions. Really??? Now i told her i havent made any transactions and i would want more details as i havent received any documents regarding the case. She said she will look further and call me back and she hung up immediately.
I was threatened and i did panic at first, but i have heard such stories from my friends and also through the online forums.
These people are annoying and i was wondering how these idiots got information about me. Guess what, i posted my details in naukri only a day back. I did not suspect naukri till I read the posts above. Naukri is definitely a source for these MFs…
I have received a call today 911 and told that i have done IRS fraud and even i was nervous that the number shown was 911 and after 1hr 30 minutes i was in the call and finally they told to buy itunes gift card,then i realized that it was fraud and call 911 they they said it was fraud call and IRS scam,but as i never been to this situation and was upset but my mind was completely blank,after reading the blocks here i was a bit relief but total 2 to 3 hours i wasn completely out of mind.
Even I got such a call today, claiming to be some police officer with a heavy Indian Accent, which gave it away. He said he is from so and so department and provided some stupid federal ID and asked me my name. I retorted and asked him his name and then told me to provide the police station address and that I will visit law enforcement office. Then he was pissed off and told me that he is going to send some officers and I said that he is welcome to do so.
Simply outrageous. Big time scumbags and scammers. We have to be careful with some webistes where we publish our phone numbers. These criminals get access to our numbers via these websites. Craigslist, sulekha et al.
Hi All,
Good Morning! Unfortunately my morning was a wreck!!
I got a similar call from 911 but the call was displayed as "Emergency Number".The caller mentioned he is calling from 911 Police Department and they issued an arrest warrant against me w.r.t., IRS, I totally freaked out but I stayed calm and told them i just came 2 days ago, how can an IRS report anything against me.They asked me to provide my address details or else I would be tracked and arrested.They also warned me not to disclose about this call to any third person.Then they mentioned I would be getting a call from USCIS while they are on call and asked me not to disconnect. I recieved a missed call from 1-800-945-8400.I again got a call from 1800-375-5283 and i had to put the 911 call on hold.I was told I havent submitted I-94 tax and needs to be paid. I was very specific on getting things cleared and asked the caller to explain to me in simple terms for which the caller disconnected. I immediately called my project lead and he asked me to calm down and alerted me that they are scam calls. I was called again and again but I avoided.
Please note this forum relaxed my mind and was assured it was a SCAM call. Yes, like other users I posted an ad too looking for an accomodation in Sulekha.
Please be aware guys and do not transfer your hard earned money. Such calls make you panic.
Sulekha.com administration has to work on their security because mostly these people are getting numbers from this website..
the website by it self is not the suspect but these people are ruining there repotation.
I am Receiving the calls from +911 from last 4 months now on regular basis and every time they call the caller id says +911 india. I do not understand why these indian people are hurting there own people from india..
i was aware of this sacm so i told them do not do this bullshit with me they were like when the police will come an arrest you than you will understand i told them okay i will handle my self now go and make fool to someon else..
Today(August 08,2016) I got call from +911, immediately after posting Ad in Sulekha. Very Bad.
Though i figured out it is a scam call, but it makes us feel very bad thinking to what extend, these cons can go and do the harm.
Same thing happened. Got call from 911, he said soomething about cyber crime,I disconnected the call my employer he said it's a scam and then I called 911, before even I finished explaining "I got a call from 911 regarding Cyber Crime", they said, "sir.. sir.. It's a scam. It happens atleast once to every immigrant who comes to USA for the first time. So ignore the call and don't worry about it". I went back to my desk and started coding. Stupid fakers, made me get up from my seat for no reason.
Hi,
I got a call from +11911 after posting ad in suleka.com.He introduced himself as federal officer and He said an arrest warrant was issued on me and conformed my first time US entry by asking me when I came.He continued by saying some emergency cases were filed on me after my arrivial and an USCIS person will call you and give information completely.This so called uscis Guy is beyond limits,He started reading some case numbers like under US-1A your under criminal offence.I said him I will meet my lawyer , you can send me notices.He don't know what to do and asked me spelling for 'Attorney'.Then I dropped my call. This is fucking Insane and I don't why people do.
also got a 911 scam call after signing up for sulekha website, this is ridiculous. He had an indian accent, he even told me to call the cops to prove he was real
Hi Kumar, Today i got a fake 911 call. this happened after posting add in Sulekha two days back. They will get my phone number after viewing my add completely and once they sign up to view my add their details will be posted to my email id. so far i have three emails and if they got my phone number from Sulekha then the wrong doer should be any one from these three. can you share names of your responders to check for any coincedence.
I got a call from 911. The guy had Indian accent. He said that he is some officer and his id number is something (not sure if police officers have id numbers ). He said I violated IRS tax laws and I need to stay on line and will get forwarded to another person. I panicked for a bit but recovered. I asked him "what irs law…. Give me details " he said something which made no sense. I just told him that I had no clue what he was taking about and just hung up.
Please don't get fooled by these idiots. BTW I think they got my number from Sulekha
Got 911 call after signing into suleka website. Stupid people out there!
Today i.e. 04-19-2016 at 02:17 PM PST, i got a call from 911, where my phone screen was showing as emergency, the moment I received a call a person introduced himself as Mike a Federal officer and calling from emergency services and threaten me for legal consequences if I do not react immediately,
Imagine a person visiting US for the first time and he gets a call from 911, literally not words to describe (_), however he started asking me about my personal details and date of arrival to US. Before I could say anything I asked him can I know the reason for threat, I don’t know from where it striked in my mind “thanks to all those Hollywood movies”. But he said he is going to transfer my call to USCIS for details and asked not to disconnect the call.
Then another call came in while 911 was still in progress, I answered the call, he introduced himself, I don’t exactly remember his name, but he said he is calling from USCIS and I have immigration dues, owing to which I might be in trouble and will have to deport back to my origin state.
I asked them to get in touch with my Law firm as I am not sure about any dues, and before I could complete my all response the call got disconnected, I must thank to the “T mobile” service provider, for their low quality and less network.
Then I did not receive any call yet, hence request all reader or first time visitors, please don’t answer 911 until you have called them in first place, be safe, be cautious, keep your immediate management team updated for any and every doubt confusion you have or any and every situations you have faced which you have felt uncomfortable.
And NEVER EVER SHARE YOUR DETIALS WITH ANY ONE.
Thanks
Do not register yourself in Sulekha.com website. It has lot of rotten worms ha ha :).
I just registered in Sulekha.com yesterday and today I started getting call from 911 and (1)911. That was hilarious and I started getting undue attention from NJ Police Daprtment.
Here is what happened. Just came to office at 9:30 AM and bang on. Got first call from 911 and I just got curious and received the call. Guy asked my name in Indian ascent. I told him wrong name. Guy immediately hit back saying "you are lying, tell me your real name". I knew he was feku and I just asked him "first tell me your Badge number and office location and your designation". Guy got furious and started screaing. Obviously being at office I can't meet his decible level so, hung up..! So, guys sit tight and enjoy those calls! Have fun.
same this happened to me today lol .. sulekha should maintian the decorum of usage
In my case i told him stop this bullshit and fuck off lol
I got a call today with exact description. The accent sounded he is an African American. Trying to intimidate me with some financial fraud stuff. He was very specific about my current location. I ust asked him to get in touch with me directly and cut the call.
It is very surprising that he got my name and number right. I think one needs to take care of who we share our personal details with.
I got a fake call from 911 after posting an AD in Sulekha on 8th April 2016 and they tried to seek more information and asked me to reveal my location and i said I was in office and they said police would come to arrest me for Tax and IRS violations and I was bit in shock and they are continuously asking not to speak with third person and eventually i called my lead and he confirmed there is a scam as Sulekha/any Public sites data is misued to pull money from people by indulge them with fear factor . So, be careful as they try to make believe and call you multiple times
Hello all,
I received a hoax call just today from an officer who claimed to be calling from 911. It came from an unknown number though. I received the call and it seemed as if an Indian was talking with a fake American accent. Couldn't hear his name, the call quality was not good. The officer asked me my name which I told. He then asked my address which I didn't disclose, but rather, I hit a counter question that what was the whole thing about? He ordered me to stay where I was and also the cops were on their way to apprehend me in 10 minutes. To be honest, on hearing this, my situation was like a cat on hot bricks.
It seems he knew beforehand that I was a foreign national, so he offered to transfer my line to his colleague fluent in Hindi and informed me that the colleague would provide all the details about the issue. He then hung up the call. Few moments later, I got a call from 800-555-4477. I received the call and the colleague asked me whether I would like to continue the call in Hindi or English. I said whichever works. He then introduced himself as Officer JATIN something (couldn't hear his last name because of the poor call quality). He started explaining the issue in English and sometime later he switched to Hindi, then again went back to English and so on. At this point, something sparked in my mind that this could be a hoax. Why the heck would a federal agent alert me before arresting me! Had I done something wrong, then they would just break into my house, would handcuff me and would put me inside their vehicle. Mulling over these possibilities, my mind returned to the call, but this time with some confidence recovered.
That fake officer told me that there has been an arrest warrant issued against me for defaulting in the payment of federal tax. The IRS has caught this gap in the tax audit. This further motivated me to completely believe that the call was nothing more than a hoax. Coincidentally, just few days back I had completed my tax filings and then received the acknowledgement from IRS regarding the acceptance of my federal and state taxes. I really wanted to throw invective at that fake officer, but I preferred not to degrade my level for a person who is not in a position even to use his true identity. So accordingly, I explained him that all my filings were up to date as per IRS. I was expecting that he would definitely hang up the call hearing this, but he was quite bold and shameless for this. He still claimed to have a concrete evidence to inculpate me and the only way out for me was to pay the tax amount right then. At this point, that creature literally got on my nerves and I immediately hung up the call before I could lose my patience.
I immediately called up 911 just for the peace of mind and explained to them what had just happened. The lady on the other line immediately asserted that this was just a scam and hence finally I could heave a sigh of relief. I hope my experience would alert at least few people regarding this.
Thanks,
Karn
I put the ad on sulekha.com and started getting call from a number +91 1 so ideally this is not a 911 number it is a number from Asia.
I immediately understood their intention , cut the call and am happy 🙂
I received a call from 911 today. There was a lot of background noise like someone calling from an office. The caller had my first name and addressed me by my first name. He asked me for my last name. I was a little panicked as the call was from 911, so I gave him my last name. But since he couldn't get the right spelling for my name he asked me to spell it. But having heard of scams before I quickly recovered and asked him why he was asking for this information. I couldn't really understand his answer…and by that time I was convinced it was a scammer so I ended the call.
I hope my experience helps other people. Always remember one thing… even if he had all my details I would have never paid any money to anyone I don't know over WesternUnion or money order or other non-traceable means.
I have got a call today from 1(911) saying, I had not paid i94 tax after coming to US. I told them, I have no idea about that. Then they told, After I coming to US, I need to pay i94 tax within 15mins and that is mentioned in i94 form. I told them, I have checked i94 but couldn't find any such details. They told, as you have not paid, police will come and arrest you in 15mins and they told USCIS has reported and they already informed me. I told no one has informed me, then they told, USCIS would be calling you now and explain the situation. Then I got a call from +1(800)375-5283 and they read some 6 sections( which i have no idea) and told,I have broke those. For that, I would be facing 3years imprisonment and paying cash for $20,000. I have seen my future in eyes and told, I have no idea about the i94 tax and will be paying now if needed. They told, its already done and Police Officer will be coming to arrest me in 15mins. I have seen all my dreams of life in a min and told them..I am busy right now, Can you tell the police to come in the evening! They told I cant order, they can order. So to be ready.
They also told me that, they have blocked all of my debit, credit, and blocked my passport.
Then Immediately I became ready to go out as my friends would see police taking my handcuffs and all like a movie scene. Then spoke to my brother and friends and they told its a FAKE call! I was like..r u sure? Can I go back to my friends? and then googled it and found its a fake call.
I suggest everyone to be alert and to be strong in answering them and not to reveal any information. Hope it helps.
I received a call from 911 at 11:58 am today (March 10, 2016). The guy asked me to spell my name and he took my name. He was asking me if I was a student.
i got call from 911 and they asked for my husband name. i siad he is in office. angain they asked his mobile no very immediately and i gave him i thought its regarding our green card process because its in process.
My husband got call from 911: Asked is there any body in ur surroundings and come out from office and not to inform third person. while he coimg out the call got disconnect due to poor signal. they called again and again said its from from Homeland security you have not updated Aliens number thats why you want to go back to ur country.do not disconnect the call. you have very less time you should leave on immediately. I said no problem i can go back to my county. then he said Ok i will send one form to ur email fill & submit. i asked do u have email ID but it was no response and it ends call. then i came to know its fake call when i seached in google regarding this. Thank God.
On 10.22.15 I received a call from 911 and he said he is immigration officer from USCIS and he wants to talk with me. I said ok what is the matter. he told me that my green card is expired and they are going to arrest me in 15 mins, i was confused and asked him the matter again. next time he started talking with loud vocie and shouting me saying that again my green card expired he wants to arrest me in 15 mins. i told him you dont need to come more over i can come to policestation and talk with you regarding this. what is your phone number i will give you call back after talking with my husband. he said no need to come we are on our way and stay where ever you are. i was literally shocked and told him you can send cops no problem but i can take any decision with out talking to my husband and i hung up. i called back to 911 again and they told me its a fraud call and dont give any personal info. but it was a scary and frustrating experience.
HELLO,
My name is Silpa. I got a call from 911 today and saying they are going to arrest me in next 15 to 20 minutes and I need to leave country immediately. He is not giving me any time to talk and shouting and yelling in the phone. I said I can get back to him only after talking with my husband and give me your phone number. he did not give any phone number nor he called me again. More over he said he is sending cops right away to my home. I told him you dont need to send I can directly come to police station and talk there itself. I told him I can talk with him only after talking with my husband. he said ok wait for cops and dont go any where. after this conversation i called back to 911 and checked with them, they said it is fraud and dont give any personal info. but it is scary and horrible experience.
Hi, I want to share my story with you all. Today I got a call from 911 saying I have a problem with my Green Card and they are dispatching cops to arrest me. Then they said the only way I can get out of this situation is by paying them $6000. As i did not have that much money I agreed to give them $4000 (I am soo foolish).They even said to come to an USCIS office and I even agreed to go there (again so foolish of me). They told me to make two money gram transfers which I did. Meantime my husband was calling me ( he gets very tensed if i don’t answer my calls), through his 6th sense he immediately understood something was wrong. My husband started tracking my iphone and found me. He understood this is a scam and went ahead and cancelled the money gram transfer that very moment. I recovered all my money. Now when i think about it, they even asked me to go to some address ( which they referred as USCIS), God knows what would have happened there?. I would been killed or kidnapped by these people. I survived today because of my husband. He is my HERO and i feel so proud of him. I want to make awareness of this scam so that nobody has to go through it ever.
Sorry about the emotional post but this is true and still traumatized about the incident.
Just yesterday updated my profile on naukari.com and got a call from 911 first time and then 3 times form “Unknown”. I didnt picked any call coz I was trapped in this before as well but luckily on time my husband came and saved me from the trap….They are all fake….dont fall into these traps…..the worst part is all this is done by Indians…these ppl want shortcut money…but they never feel the pain of other…others r working so hard to earn the money that they get from these fraud calls….
I got a call from 911 this morning and he said I am police officer and there is a legal arrest warrant against me. He asked for my address and I refused. He said see your caller id isnt it 911? I am police officer give me your address. I refused to give my address. Stay where you are, I am going to make the cops burst your door and arrest you. Dont fall for this bs
I just got a call from 911 number and he was telling about tjat IRS call yesterday. And he referred my name with the name I usually use while posting in the public classifieds like Sulekha and Eknazar. I got this call in 10 min after I posted a classified in the Eknazar.
He asked me my location, I said I am at work. He asked me my office address. He said he is some Sargent from 911 calling. I said my name is not xxx whatever was used in public forum.
I disconnected the call, he kept calling. I switched off my phone and then searched the internet. And here I find the forum.
Thanks,
These guys operate from Hyderabad. They are from India and target south Asian immigrants. The guys pull American accent. The guys have voip phones which they use to make calls. Your data is seized from NAUKRI.COM
Got the SCAM call today 12/1 from 911. Caller clearly sounded Indian faking american accent. He asked me by my Middle name not First name. That is a red flag!
I asked “What is this call about”? He started telling me I am out of status. I asked for his Name,number and he hung up. Watch out guys!!
I too did receive a fake call from 911 which was really disturbing.
Shared my experience here:
http://upsndownsatstates.blogspot.com/p/telephonic-fraud.html
I would like share my experience. I got a call probably week back and claiming that they are from USCIS. Yes, the number matched exactly the same as USCIS customer care number. Then She asked for my name, Email id and which state i do live. She asked whether do i have only email id or do i use any other one. (Ok, I have already read about these scams and i thought something is going wrong). Then she said we have received your documents from Washington office for your verification. I asked her what documents. Then she said your documents that you have under process with USCIS. I replied i don’t have anything processing with USCIS as of now. Everything got cleared few months back. She paused for few seconds and i asked her r u there in line. She replied yes and asked me don’t you have anything pending like Extension / EAD etc.. i replied yes i don’t have anything. Then she replied give me a minute let me check the letter i receive from the DC office and she hung up.
Guys, please be careful about these scams.
I had a similar experience today and now I realize how crazy I was… may be a
good lesson for my life time but really a bad experience.
Got a call from 911 and same USCIS #, I was really busy in my work and I did not
realize this is a fake call. And they said that I have a case filed from
American High commission -New Delhi and you will be immediately deported from
USA and there will be two immigration officers and one COP will be at your door
step to deport you and what is your nearest airport back home and the reason is
I did not update my Alien # when I arrived to USA very first time. I said I did
and argued well enough to prove myself. Because I thought they are real
officers.
I did not know about this scam and I started believing all this stupid stuff. He wanted
me to close all electronic device and internet as well and there should be no
third party involved. He did made me to look at the USCIS customer care # in
the website and Alien #, He then transferred call to USCIS officer, he
explained me again all shits and said your apology was not accepted by American
high commission and please go back to police officer and they will generate a
ICQ ID that will initiate your complete back ground check.
They transferred call to police officer again and he said that you have less than an
hour to get deported and judiciary denied to generate a ICQ # for back ground
check but you have two options one is deport to India in next 24 hours and
appear before American High commission and pay $350 nonrefundable for your
irresponsibility for not updating Alien # and $4500 as a refundable for your
back ground check or you can resolve this issue in USA by paying the same amount
to us and in next 7 business days your back ground check will be done and they
will decide if want or not in USA.
He then asked me to call a taxi and with draw money from bank, I did that too ;(. And
he asked me to buy $500 denominations in go bank credit card and charge that
amount and let me know the # behind the card. I went to shop to get the card
and he did already said that you are in surveillance and should not cut the
call.
I followed his instructions and later in the shop I took 5 min to read the card (by
mind started to think for few minutes because he was continuously over the
phone and keep threatening me) and I realized at that moment that I got in this
scam. I abruptly cut the call and rang to 911 (original emergency #) said all
what happened. They said this is a scam. THANK GOD I did not lose my money, but
lost my whole day with this dam hell and peace of mind for two days thinking
how stupid I was to believe these bullshits.
Guys please be careful, whatever call you get asking for a bank
information or your SSN, Passport, your ID, never even declare anything and be
SAFE!!!! More like an identity theft.
This happened to me today. I applied to a ’40-60% remote Salesforce Project Manager’ job on Linkedin. Looked like a genuine profile with number of recommendations and a big network. The ‘Recruiter’ called me and got the details of my work authorization status and last four digit of my social security. In next one hour I got a call from a number displayed on USCIS website and I was told that I will be deported as I didnot update the A number. I did get panic in the start but when the money game started my mind started getting cleared. Bottom line be careful while giving your information to random recruiters. I have learnt this lesson and will never share the details unless I am absolutely sure of the person I am interacting with.
LOL. I have got the call from these buggers 3 times now. Here is my experience.
First time: I got a call from the 1800 number of USCIS. The bastard even ‘verified’ the authenticity by asking me to check the USCIS number online. Ofcourse he gave me all my details, many of which even I was not aware of. The moment he mentioned about money, I understood that it was a scam. I was busy that day and didnt bother talking much and hung up and reported to my university’s International Students Center.
Second time : This time it was from 911 and 3 seconds into it, I knew its the same bunch of bitches. My best guess is that they were Bangladeshis as I grew up in a locality full of Bangladeshi refugees and I know exactly how these buggers sound like when they are forced into speaking English. I knew that if I am rude/stern, then he will hang up and so I acted dumb and shocked. It worked and as he tried to escalate the fear more and more, I had a hard time controlling my laughter. After about 15 minutes, I got shit tired of his asshollery and I started threatening him by wishing brutal death to his ugly kids. He broke down and started threatening me with a voice so feeble and trembling, that I burst out laughing. The poor fellow hung up.
Third time : Again from 911, but this time I didnt have time as I was in the middle of a very important WWE trump card match against my best friend. I asked him to go fuck himself and hung up.
Folks, The USCIS website says that in case you get something like this, hang up right away and send them an email notifying them of the scam. Think practically, if you commit a crime serious enough to be deported, you would’nt be able to get around it by paying a small fine..right..? And moreover you would be sent a bill and given a deadline for each and every payment you make, even for trivial ones like phone bill. Where the fuck is the bill or the deadline in this case, and that too for something way more important than a utility bill. Still I’m saddened to see so many people fall for such chicanery.
Stay safe folks!! And dont be gullible.
I got call today from 911 from person claiming officers from DHS. He asked me the same question, why haven’t you updated your alien registration while entering to USA. Thankfully the call get disconnected because I was driving that time. I called to company immigration then they made me aware of these hoax call. One thing it was really scary and frustrating.
We should always keep in mind that USCIS always communicates through mail not through phone.
Please educate all your friends and person around so that they shouldn’t be victimized.
One more update, I got this call after I updated my information on Naukri.com. Something fishy with Naukri.com
Hi Vishal,
I got a similar call after i updated my no. on naukri.com yesterday. i got the doubt immediately and removed my number from it. There is surely something fishy about naukri.com.
I think they are joined in naukri.com with some fake company name..
I got a similar call today after I updated number on Naakri.com yesterday….
Today I got a similar call. I have updated my number yesterday on naukri.com.
I got this type of call few months back. The person called from uscis and give warning that i will be arrested within 24 hours and my ssn no will be no longer available. I need to make payment immediately or i will be deported to india within a day. First time, i got scared and by the second call (same type ) , i realized i m on visa and i dont have ssn. This post is late . These types of calls are coming from about a year now to everyone in our town. Pls do not forward any money to them . uscis do not call , they send a letter to your home..
I got another call today, this time from 911. The person says since I did not cooperate last time, they would deport me today and wanted to know which airport I would like to be deported at..I asked what is my crime, and whether the call was to inform me or to take other inputs from me. the person said since last time I wanted the instructions in writing, they had sent me an email to which I had not responded and now they will deport me. I did not panic, just kept on repeating I don’t know what you are talking about. The caller says police is coming in 15 mins to arrest me..I kept on repeating I don’t know what he is talking about and then he hung up.
I had received similar call 2 months back, person claimed to be calling from Washinton DC.I had not come across this forum and the caller already had my many personal details, so I thought it’s a genuine call.The conversation went on for half an hour and then the person transferred the call to someone else, this time it was a girl. She said I have not filed for foreign citizenship card, and foreign ministry in Delhi mandates this for Indian. In absence of that I will be deported. And then as conversation goes further, she offers me to have it filed through her agent in India, and there will be a fee for that, she further asks me the postal code of the address where I am now and if there is any US post office near by. She searched one for me. I asked her details about which form in post office to fill and all that to which she said she will let me know once I reach post office. At this point I start getting skeptical, and then she says don’t hang up else she would deport me. Now I am more skeptical. I started asking more details, and then asked her to send me email from USCIS email id, which she refused..and on few further questions she hung up. I was saved.
I had received a similar call, read my detailed account: http://prabodhmhalgi.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-fake-story.html
I received a call from an unknown number today, which I couldn’t answer; thanks to the poor AT&T network. This guy’s name was Steven Jones and he left me a voicemail saying that he is calling from the USCIS Immigration Services. “It seems that there has been some mix up in your paper work. It seems that you have to leave the country immediately. If you could, give me a call, 877-267-LEAVE THE USA”
Obviously I was scared for a moment and so discussed it with my supervisor. He said that there’s nothing to worry about and as everyone has rightly posted, USCIS will never call you or ask you to leave immediately without a prior notice by mail. We tried calling the number and it was an auto-repair shop and surprisingly their number was different. Anyways, I haven’t received any follow up call and even if I do, its not going to matter. Never end up paying to someone who cannot establish identity and evidence; and always seek an attorney before you resolve the matter on your own. If you have not done anything wrong, you shouldn’t be scared by such fake calls. For international students, you should consult your school’s Office of International Students Services and confirm if there is an issue. They can verify any government related issue and help you resolve the same.
I received a call from 911 this morning around 11A.M from Sg. Steve Marsh and he asked my home address and they have to get me and have to deport me. Then he transferred the call to Immigration department. The person told his name is Allen Lake. He wanted me to update my Alien number, DS-230 and AR-11. When I asked him to give me his number to call back once I talk to my Lawyer. Then he said he can resolve this but I need to decide right now over the phone. He also said that I can not come back if I don’t pay the penalties. He had some random information about me. Friends ….. Please do not fall for this kind of threat. USCIS don’t call you like this. They send you a notice. Simply hang up the phone or try to ask his number to call back. Report that number to 911 if you want to. Be safe guys. These people do not sound like American. I am sure they are Indians.
I received exactly the same call yesterday.
same thing happened with me. It was panic situation but there were no of things fishy. I feel sad that I could not understand that Steve Marsh won’t have desi’s accent and then someone won’t prevent you from taking legal help in US
I received the call from 911 from same STEVE MARSH moron. I initially thought it was real . I even withdraw money from my bank. but when he said that I have to pay the security $6000 in form of some pay power card from VONS (Safeway) that time my brain started working but they were not letting me hung the phone . So I called my husband from Vons phone and to police as well if I have any case on my name. So my husband came and as soon as my husband talked on phone. police came after that and try to trace it but was impossible. Well in end I felt my self so stupid ….I was eventually surprised on myself how come I get stuck in this. well I got my lesson. I saved my money…..
I received this kind of call yesterday from “Emergency number” and today from 911. we called back 911 and they said they have not called.
Police came to our place for investigation. They said they are not sure who can be that. When we asked to trace that number, they gave us some detective agency number to find out if it is normal to get this kind of call.
The most sad part about this entire scam is that it is Indians trying to loot fellow Indians outside our country as well. There is no limit to this insatiable monetary greed that is so rooted in so many such Indians.
From my deep experience growing up with Bangladeshis I can definitely tell you, they have the accent of a Bengali guy forced into speaking English. Stop making such sweeping baseless allegations against Indians. And if you think there is ‘looting’ in India, I have only three words for you, “Welcome to America”. lolz
My friend got this call last week, so yesterday I setup a fake Naukri account with fake name and fake details; guess what – i got a call today (from legit USCIS number) calling me by that fake name and going through all that “alien number” crap; i kelp talking to him while I asked my colleagues to call the Police, to see if they can trace the call or something – Police said they wouldn’t do that, but the lesson to be learnt here:
Naukri.com is one source for these guys, and cannot be trusted with important information
And I am pretty sure it was Indian guys faking American accent.
Hi, I just received a similar call today. Can you please go to your naukri account and find out which emploer viewed your profile on the date you received this call.
Sure. I received the call on 8 Oct 2013. I suspect the following “employers” after doing a cross-check with my friend:
1. Celtic Research and Technologies Private
NOIDA
CRM/ IT Enabled Services/BPO
Note that the none of the links are active on the web page http://www.celticservices.net
2. MFI Group
Nairobi
Software Services
Quite Interesting… Even my profile was searched by:
Celtic Research and Technologies Private
NOIDA
CRM/ IT Enabled Services/BPO
That too on the same day… looks like something is fishy here..
Thank you for the info. I have also received the same call few mins ago. Have checked my naukri profile and it is the same company that has viewed my profile yesterday.
Yesterday I got a call from this number 7035747061 telling me he is from some federal department and IRS had leveled serious charges against me and there is non-bailable arrest warrant against me and my wife. We will sent to jail or pay a fine of 60000 $ . Our passport will be taken away and all other things… to avoid these scenario I need to immediately pay 2500$ online……
I got suspicious and I didn’t disclose any vital personal information , because of following
· when he was able to pronounce my name correctly (most local Americans can’t )
· He was insisting to pay fine right now , he was referring to IRS filled in 2010-11 when I was not on US soil.
· He could not tell me my exact address
I have reported the incident with IRS team using http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
The same thing happened with me today, The moment I said that I know about the scam of USCIS,, they hung up straight.
I got a call yesterday from 911 & 800-375-5283 and i fell for the scam 🙁 i paid $1950 penalty for not updating A number and then $2850 for deportation cancellation fee. I wish i had read this post earlier but they had good detail information on me and had plaid it out pretty well. Hope nobody else falls for this scam.
I received such a call today.. thanks to h1bwiki for sending such emails through.. though I had not read this email but I remembered the subject line and came in handy today.. I got the call from USCIS # 800-375-5283..
I received call from 201-307-7811,saying that he was an officer from the credit bureau department,CA.He said that I had missed something in the tax payment and offered us to pay some money to get the details,i am pretty sure that I didn’t miss anything in the tax payment and I also have all the proofs.I have not received any balance due notice directly from the office.He threatened me that we missed something while we did the tax procedures at the IRS(“something” was the word used by him when we tried again and again asking him about what exactly we missed in our tax payment) and that the bureau would file a case against me and then he offered me to sort matter outside of court.I think no Govt. official would directly call anyone ask some kind of payment for giving any official details.I think it was a fraud or scam call.
Received same kind of call few hours ago. Guy in very heavy Indian accent identified himself as Kevin Marsh from State Police Department Badge Number 214965. He also gave me my Case Number (filed by USCIS) and my deportation number. Thanks to this forum I already knew this was coming, so I was very calm. He started with saying that USCIS has filed a case against me and they are hunting me down. Then I asked him what the case is about so he replied that he DON”T know (lol). Then he said I must leave my house immediately as USCIS will visit my house and arrest me (He wanted me to run and not get arrested). I said I am at my work place and not at home. Then he asked me to confirm my address, I refused to tell him my address but he already knew it. He said do I live at XYZ address to that I replied yes. Then he said I am acting very smart so now he will make sure that I will be in big trouble and people will come to arrest me in 15 minutes at my home. I said I am at my work place and not home, so he asked me how far I work from my home. I said if they know everything about me they must know where I work, so better they send the police at my work place and I will co-operate with the proceedings. Then he got real mad and said that I am acting too smart (hell yeah I am). He said it will be embarrassing for me if the cops show up at my work place, to that I said I have not done anything wrong so I am not afraid of getting arrested even at work place. That pissed him off, he told me that just wait for 15 min. and I will be in jail. It’s been 2 hrs and I am writing this post in my AC office 😛
So people stay calm if you receive any call like this, don’t panic. DO NOT send any money in any possible way.
THANK YOU H1BWIKI for your great work… I really appreciate it. 🙂
I have also received such calls a number of times. The information that they gave about me was not up to date. And I figured out that they are getting this information from Job portals such as Naukri.com etc. The information that they provided about me was an exact match with my Naukri.com profile. First few calls asked my SSN and later they asked for my Foreign Citizenship Number that I completely refused to provide.
Be careful and do not provide any information over the phone!!
Puneet: I also suspect that they are getting this information from Naukri.com.
I think you are right, my friend posted his resume on Naukri.com and he got the call next day
You are right, same case with me as well
After my H1 extension happened, I got a call and he visited my office, enquired everything where he brought all the documents/copies what ever has been submitted for extension to USCIS, but here I did not receive any email prior to his call after we met for an hour or so as he did all cross verification, status, along with client/HR/managers mails/call later mail exchanges happened. But thanks for sharing this information.
I had a similar experience, got calls from 911 and other numbers saying that they are calling from homeland security, USCIS, or local police. Best way to avoid this scam is to not receive the call from unknown number, if you receive it then ask them their name, phone number and address (they will not continue after asking these questions). I also tried reporting these incidences to the local police, they did not register my complaint as the crime had not happened. These calls can not be traced even by your phone service provider (tried calling AT&T).
Hi Desi,
I got a similar call today from 911, asking me to stay where I am and that they are coming to take me into custody in 15mins. It was a lady with some Indian accent. When she asked my name I refused to disclose it until I know who I’m talking to and why I would be arrested. The call ended as I did not co-operate.
I called the actual 911 immediately and they said that it was a fraud call and that someone was using computer software to make the calls and that they are unable to trace them.
Please be careful everyone and in no instance give out your personal information.