I started getting bizarre phone calls from "Officer Eric Johnson" with this "bureau of investigation" on Friday. The people I have talked to all have very thick Indian/Arabic accents and are very hard to understand. They have contacted me numerous times on my cell phone as well as calling my employer. It was obvious to me that it was a scam. They say they are officers in NY claiming I have warrants out for my arrest as well as lawsuits pending against me. None of which is true and kind of strange someone in NY would contact me considering I live in Las Vegas. They keep asking for your banking account information, threaten to keep calling your employer and threaten freeze your social security number, like this is really possible. The unfortunate part is they do have my accurate social security number which leads me to believe they are capable of stealing my indenity. Another strange twist is that I had just finished activating service on a new cell phone minutes before all this started. I have cell phone coverage with Sprint/Nextel who openly outsources jobs to India. I talked to 3 seperate Sprint agents, all of which were Indian. It may be just a coincidence, but I feel like someone in that office may have sold my information stateside. If anyone else has cell phone coverage with Sprint and this has happened to them, I would love for you to contact me. Again, it could be a coincidence, but my gut is telling me it isn't.
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