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Scammer's address TX, USA
Country United States
Victim Location MO 65737, USA
Total money lost $13,750
Type of a scam Identity Theft
A little while later, at 11:51 a.m. I received another call from the same number. This time I answered it and the caller identified himself as Alex *****,(************ PHONE NUMBER) U.S. Marshal badge #CIF112426. He said that I was under investigation by the Dallas Police Department for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering. He claimed they found my drivers license in a Jeep Cherokee in which drugs were being transferred across the US-Mexico Border. According to my cell phone call log, this call lasted an hour and forty eight minutes. From the very start of the call, he proceeded to interrogate me about my personal finances, property, and assets even including information about my 401K. It was a very intense questioning. He was very intimidating and relentless. I was honestly afraid. I was listening as closely as I could for anything that seemed out of the ordinary. He sounded like he was in his mid 30’s or early 40’s. He’s obviously hispanic or latino. The longer the call went on, the more upset I got and finally I called his bluff.
He responded by giving me the name and number of his supervisor, Marshal ****** *****, and his phone number then he transferred me to Mr. *****. I was not given the chance to make the call myself. Mr. Jones told me that Alex was indeed a US Marshal and had been with the Marshal Service for 11 years. His current assignment was in the Dallas Office and he was the Marshal assigned to my criminal case.
Alex came back on the line at that point, very upset that I didn’t trust him. He asked if I was satisfied that he was legitimate and not trying to scam me. He said he knows it sounds crazy but it is the truth that he’s trying to help me. I was told if I am innocent, not to try to contact anyone regarding the matter as that would give the appearance of guilt. He told me they were watching all my forms of communication, like email, text messages, any other phone numbers I have and that if they saw me trying to reach someone that he couldn’t help me avoid prosecution. He said that all of my assets could be seized as profits from criminal activity. He insisted that he was trying to help me avoid losing everything and the only way to do that was to transfer all but approximately 10% into a secured account with the US Embassy Bank in Peru. He told me that I would have to get my name cleared and get a new SS# because my current one is now compromised. Once my name is cleared, I could get back the money I am supposed to send to Peru. He said that I needed to call my bank and verify that they could make an international money transfer, but that it had to be a three way call so he could listen in and verify first hand that they could do what needed to be done. I made the three way call but we got disconnected during the call and I had to call the bank back and finish the call. Almost immediately after I got off the call from the bank, Alex called me back and asked what happened. I told him it was a simple dropped call and that they’d verified that they could indeed do what I asked. Then he repeated that I was not to contact anyone other than the bank regarding this matter. He said he’d be calling back with information about the wire transfer and gave me the number he’d be calling from. He said I was not to answer any calls other than his until the matter is resolved. The number he gave me is ************.
He hung up and then a short while later, he called back from the number he’d said he would call from. He said he was working on securing my assets and that I needed to stay on the line with him until it was done, just in case he had further questions. This call lasted over 3 hours with him asking occasional questions and continuing to “reassure” me that it was for the best and that I was doing the right thing. He finally gave me the following information about the required transfer: Bank name: ******* *** **** Peru. Bank Swift Code ********* Account **************** Name on Account Winny ******** Bank Address ***** ***** **** ** Lima. He advised me that the bank would require a reason to make a transfer of this nature. I told him I would just tell them it was for a personal reason. He said no it will need to be specific and said to use my father’s heart condition and that he requires a heart machine and that I found a good deal in Peru and that if they asked about this Winny person I was to tell them that she is a life-long friend in Peru and that she’d helped me find a deal on a machine from there. At this point he said that it was time to call the bank and get the transfer started.
After it was done he said that there were four steps to “The Process” of clearing my name. The first step was what he’d just finished, which was “declaring my assets.” He said the said his next step was to “term my SS#”. He said after that was accomplished, there would be officers from different branches of law enforcement coming to my home to take statements. He listed their names and where they’d be from. He said the case was being handled by William ****. The men who would be coming to my home were Andrew Saul with the Social Security Office, Branson Chief of Police **** ********, **** ***** with Homeland Security, ****** ********** with US Marshall, and a representative of the State of Missouri whose name he would provide the next morning at check in. He was very insistent that I check in with him every hour to verify progress on my case. I followed his orders until I went to bed Tuesday night.
Wednesday morning at 5:15 a.m I texted him that I was awake and I didn’t hear back from him until after 7:00 a.m. He told me that they had run into a problem and were still working on securing my car. He repeated that I was to continue to check in with him every hour through the day through text messages and that if I was to leave the house for any reason I had to call him and let him know. At one point in the day I had to run to the store and he called while I was out and said that he knew I wasn’t at home and asked why I hadn’t called him to let him know. I texted him throughout the day and called to check on his progress with my case and he eventually got frustrated, asking why I was calling all the time. I told him I needed to know that he was working on my case and where he was at in the process. At 3:00, he told me he’d just finished processing my car and was working on my 401K and it would be done in about an hour.
I was upset and scared this whole time. Finally at about 5:00 I decided I’d had enough and called the police and filed a police report. I spoke to a Stone County Deputy ******* ***** ******* and filed the report **********.
Thursday at 8:45 a.m. I contacted my bank, Credit Union, and began the process of reporting and attempting to stop this fraudulent transaction. The bank was not able to recover my funds. They said I'm just out the money
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