SCAMUS Marshals Imposter - Phony ID Theft Alert - Gift Card Scam Reports & Reviews (1)
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Scammer's address El Paso, TX, USA
Country United States
Victim Location NY 11225, USA
Total money lost $1,132
Type of a scam Government Agency Imposter
The scammer identified himself as U.S. Marshal, Peter Bass. To authenticate himself he had us go to the official gov website, where the Marshal's phone number is shown. He then pursued to call us from the listed number and conversed from there for a few. Minutes before going back to the regular line.
He said our financial institution will freeze any account holding more then 10$ and we must pull out funds and declare them.
After pulling the cash from my wife's account, he told us we must declare the cash we're holding as to not have it considered laundered. He said we can do so at any Judicial Victim Voucher at Target or Walmart and we need to get to one of those (and of course, take an Uber and we'll make sure you're recompensated). When we got to the Target, we insisted there was no machine. He then waited to see if he can get an authorization for us to load the money onto Target gift cards. And of course, the authorization went through. We loaded the cash, sent the details by text. Called the police immediately afterwards who of course told us it was a scam.
It was 100 degrees outside, it all happened so fast and it was really scary. I promise we're not stupid usually.