Unfiltered Story #56999

I received scam phone call where the scammers were somehow able to make the incoming call look like it was coming from the local police station. The scammers, knowing both my name and city of residence, made several threats over the phone, saying that I was going to be arrested for tax evasion if I did not provide them with my credit card information. They even called me back and yelled at me when I hung up on them. Luckily I was able to tell that it was not legitimate and didn’t give them any of my information. Obviously I’m rather shaken up after this occurs, so I call the (real) police to report the incident.

Dispatcher: “Yeah, we’ve been getting a lot of those. We’re looking into it.” -click-

I could understand that maybe they were getting tired of fielding those calls, but they could have at least pretended to care given that it was a bit more sophisticated than your average “you’ve won cruise to Hawaii” scam.