318-392-3887

I was checking my email at my house and a screen came up that stated my internet had been hacked and I needed to call the phone number on the screen. There was also an alarm sound coming from the screen. I called the number and a gentleman named Jason Foster, who spoke with an accent, told me his name, his badge ID#AS3747, and his secure line phone number, 318-392-3887. He told me that my identity had been stolen and was being used to purchase pornography and possibly used for other illegal acts. He then transferred me to a woman, Melissa Holyoak, badge ID # PMC-279 (phone # 1-716-427-4130), supposedly from the Federal Trade Commission. She told me that my Social Security number was used in money laundering rackets, drug trafficking, and pornography rings. She also said I needed to help with the investigation to prove that I was not involved, otherwise I would be implicated as my SS number was being used for these things. She asked about bank accounts, for which I did not give numbers, but was asked if the first number of any accounts was a 4 or 5. I did share that all the bank accounts I had were joint accounts with my husband except for one. She told me that I would be given a new SS # by officers that would come to the house at 11`:00 AM, Monday morning along with paperwork saying that I was not part of the criminal activity. I was asked how much money was in the savings account with only my name. Then I was told that I needed to withdraw $9000 from that account, but not tell anyone what I was doing, because that would alert possible criminals that someone was investigating them and if I did not, I might lose the money because of the investigation. I was also told that I could not have the $9000 with me when the officers came on Monday, so she would tell me after I withdrew the money and was back in my car what I needed to do with the money so I would not have it with me when officers c [BBB Scam Type: Tech Support] [Business: Microsoft] [Location: NC, USA- 28734