Birmingham Police: Be Wary of Strange Callers Demanding Money — It's Fraud
Several Birmingham residents have recently reported receiving phone calls from a man with a thick accent who claims to be a New York detective.
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Birmingham Police are warning residents to stay vigilant regarding a wave of phone fraud incidents in Birmingham.
According to Birmingham police, several residents have reported receiving calls from someone who claims to be a New York Police Department detective, who tells residents they are suspects or witnesses in a civil fraud case.
In some cases, the caller has demanded the money be sent to an out-of-state location and threatens that the resident's credit will be ruined. Residents have reported the caller's voice as being male with a heavy accent in some cases.
Anyone who receives these calls should know they're fraudulent, police say. All calls should be reported to Det. Lt. Carol Millgard at 248-530-1866. At this time, there are no reports of anyone sending money because of these calls.
KH
7:04 am on Friday, November 16, 2012
Yeah, well we've also been getting these ridiculous emails from outside the country asking for our " HELP" and we've been getting the same garbage on our FAX machine asking for " HELP" BOTH REQUESTS INVOLVE THE USE OF OUR CHECKING ACCOUNTS TO TRANSFER MO EY INTO THEM FOR THESE JERKS , AND THEN SUPPOSEDLY WE'D GET A PERCENTAGE!!!!
What a bunch of baloney!!!!!
Martina Panian
11:33 am on Friday, November 16, 2012
I had this call on my answering machine and because my home was broken into just the week prior I was very concerned.... I contacted the social security office dince ut supposedly involved my ss#, and was instructed to contact my credit reporting company and flag my account for posdible fraud..... Which i did and ironically the rep had the same heavy indian accent as the phoney caller....