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Government Agency Impostor Reports & Reviews (13)

- Phoenix, AZ, USA • Jan 14, 2024

Offered to renew passport, but it was a fee that just filled out the form

- Scottsdale, AZ, USA • Jan 04, 2024

received a letter and check the website to find out it was a scam.

- Oceanside, CA, USA • Dec 18, 2023

MY BACKGROUND/CURRENT SITUATION:

I currently have Direct PLUS Parent loans for my son. I contacted the assumed fraudulent agency thinking it was contracted by the U.S. Department of Education. I thought this was another effort to consolidate my loans for loan debt forgiveness, which I had to opt-out of last year with Nelnet, before my loan transferred to Mohela. I contacted the agency to only declare my opt-out from what I thought to be a consolidation and not to have any debt forgiven. I did not provide SSN or DOB, but the report I provided to the agency included my name, address, email, phone number, and redacted Loan Award ID number.

FRAUD REPORT:

Received a letter in the mail titled “Final Notice – Time Sensitive: One Time Account Adjustment Available For: (my First & Last Name). A Benefit ID# and Reference ID (both the same number) was provided. The letter stated I may be eligible for student loan forgiveness and provided instructions on how to create a new student FSA ID.

I called the Student Loan Assistance Department at 1-800-486-6045 provided on the letter. Someone answered sooner than I expected, considering I have had to deal with student loan service providers before. I spoke with a gentleman named Bryan and told him I was calling in regards to the letter received and which loan forgiveness plan the letter referred to and told him I request to opt-out. He then asked for my Reference ID (SP3112002575) on the letter. When I provided it, he confirmed my name and correct current address, and also asked if the number I was calling from was a good callback number. He then continued and confirmed a ball-park figure of my loan balance and asked if I was a past or current student. Since I replied I was a current student, he said I would have to wait until completed with school before I could apply. At some point, he also asked what year I planned to graduate.

He then asked if I had an FSA account and instructed me to send him information, so they could update my most current loan into their system. He directed me, once logged in to FSA, to click on my name on the top right-hand side of the FSA webpage, then scroll down the list and select ‘My Aid.’ He then told me to click on the ‘Download My Aid Data’ button, and send him a copy of the Notepad as an attachment to his email at [email protected]. When I asked him to spell out his email address, he did not use the traditional phonetic alphabet and used uncommon words to describe the letters, such as indigo for “i” and elephant for “e.’ He stayed on the line until he received my email with the attachment, but then put me on a brief (10-15 second) hold once he received it. When he returned from the hold, he stated or explained the reason why I was sent the letter was because my recent loan states ‘LOAN ORIGINATED’ for Current Loan Status, and mentioned again I would have to wait once I (in this case- my son) graduated from college. I continued to ask him a series of questions in which he could not answer, or kept recommending me to contact Mohela. Before hanging up with Bryan, I asked if I would receive a confirmation email or reference number for the conversation and/or actions that took place between us over the phone and email, but he said no there would not.

- Scranton, PA, USA • Dec 07, 2023

Claim to be from the federal government wanting a federal fire filing requirement wanted me to report my business threatened that if I did not do so I would get fined $500 a day $10,000 or go to prison for two years if I don’t report with them.

- Kershaw, SC, USA • Oct 07, 2023

This is the second one that has come in the mail. To me the envelope is looking like one from the Social security office. This family member does not investigate their mail well and being 78 year old Vet, things like this looks convincing to him

• Jul 20, 2023

I received a call from the “Sheriff’s Office of San Diego.” The initial caller said I had missed jury duty and that I had a warrant out for my arrest and could be picked up any time. I told them I filled out an excusal, but they said it must have been a clerical error and they wanted to “clear” it up right away. I was forwarded around to a few people. I ended up on the phone with a man who asked me if I wanted to post bail. I told him I wasn’t going to give financial information over the phone. He threatened me saying the offense was 2 years in jail and/or a 5,000 dollar fine. He asked me if I wanted to plead. I was crying, since I was frustrated that I had filled out the excusal and was frustrated. He was openly hostile and mocking me. I told him I was going to get a lawyer. He eventually hung up on me ( I guess I was that annoying!)

• Jul 06, 2023

I received a message from a longtime friend and later found out she was not the person sending the information Facebook messenger.

- Bethlehem, PA, USA • Jun 19, 2023

Male asked had I charged phone & products total over $1,400 & claimed I had 4 Amazon accounts (I said not my charge, I have 1 Amazon acct),claimed 22 bank accounts exist in OH, NJ, NY, & TX in my name; transferred me to claimed Social security administration in TX, gave name Elena Link badge GS4157, asked if I rented a car in TX said my info found at drug bust in El Paso, asked if I were laundering money, said 22 bank accounts in my name & asked questions said to show US Treasury Dept I was not part of this case; transferred me to man claimed in US Marshalls office Henry Little Badge G7SO296 (claimed ID theft, laundering money and drug trafficking); I didn't believe him, he asked my close police station & I got a call with Bethlehem, PA police number (it's their number I called them later, no one called from there),I put first caller on hold, answered call from what was to be Bethlehem Police, I asked him the address & what was next to them, he said church (wrong) I hung up on both.

- Abington, PA, USA • Jun 14, 2023

Letter came in the mail targeting my ex husband who is off the property deed. Letter said 'we received information that a judgement filed against you for unpaid taxes' and my taxes included in my mortgage so I suspected a fraud. There is a QR code to scan to create online account. I called the number and it said its open from 6am but I am keeping on calling and it is 8am and it is still not open. I just have time on my hands. I am in PA. Phone number is 855-948-0275.

- Farmingdale, NY, USA • Jun 08, 2023

This was all done on Email giving by a friend who supplied me with the agents email. It was a grant that supposedly giving you money, and he told me I was on the Data Base. I do believe this was a scam, yet my friend got money so I don't know how this woks. Its called HHS program yet I am not formular with this grant that I was on there Data Base if that' true or not.

- Silver Spring, MD, USA • May 30, 2023

Received an official looking letter stating that there was a lien on my property for unpaid taxes. They give you a date to respond by, but it is actually some kind of tax preparation firm that is scamming people with really old information.

- Mesa, AZ, USA • Apr 27, 2023

I received a phone call they had my phone number my full name and address told me I was selected in my area to receive a one time Grant for $11000 I didn't have to pay anything back all I need to do let's go to Western Union or Walgreens purchase a $250 eBay card For registration fee and then ask me for a debit card or prepaid card to send me 11250 on it n they stayed on phn the whole time during the process

- Fort Mill, SC, USA

Google searched Global Entry and my elderly parent clicked Global Entry Assist thinking it was a legitimate government agency. They paid $200 in application fees for two people and another $300 ($150 per person) for processing fee. Not only are the funds lost, but these people now have vital identifiable information for my parents. I’m so distraught. I don’t understand how the government doesn’t shut down these deceptive and fraudulent websites. It’s truly disgusting how they’re taking advantage of unsuspecting people who are just trying to get the proper forms and applications handled.

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