Criminal phone activity

what do you want cox to do?  call the police or just don't answer

You are not alone. Thousands of people have already reported calls from this number.  The caller tells some people that "the Sheriff will be picking you up soon"  or "you are in big trouble with the law".   The local tv stations all had segments on this scam. 

The caller says you can fix the problem by buying a prepaid credit card or gift card and giving the caller the number and password.   Hundreds of people have evidently done that because they were worried about owing the IRS money. 

It's rather exasperating.. I got four calls from this criminal- none of which I answered but one got through and left a robo message on my answering machine and another made it to Cox's VM

It is blatant criminal activity- perhaps Cox could furnish specific information (if a call trace is possible) to help direct authorities to assist the perpetrators in discovering more constructive pursuits- behind bars...  It blows my mind that, in this day and age criminals like that can accumulate complaints yet seemingly operate with impunity.

Having registered with  the federal placebo button known as the Do Not Call Registry I consider all unwanted calls to be harassment and am researching the market for the most effective call blockers as the federal registry has shown itself to be a joke.

yak said:

You are not alone. Thousands of people have already reported calls from this number.  The caller tells some people that "the Sheriff will be picking you up soon"  or "you are in big trouble with the law".   The local tv stations all had segments on this scam. 

The caller says you can fix the problem by buying a prepaid credit card or gift card and giving the caller the number and password.   Hundreds of people have evidently done that because they were worried about owing the IRS money.