949-468-5107

Said that I was having charges placed against me for fraud and check deception.

Guy with an accent says he's with the DEA, name Thomas Harrigan. Warrant for my arrest for being associated with some online pharmacy.  I made him repeat and spell his name for over 10 minutes which he glady continued to do!  I hung up just short of calling him a tool!!\
SCAM call!!

As Ev said, the DEA agent thing is scam that's been going on for ages.  Considering how bad they are at it, it's hard to imagine anyone being suckered in, but it doesn't hurt to keep them on the phone as long as possible.

DEA agent Thomas Harrigan has me under surveillance and the investigation is looking at imprisonment.

He wants me to call him back at an upscale LA suburban area code. I guess the DEA's regional office at Chicago, within whose parameters I live, needs an officer from Irvine, California to handle my case?

The dummy couldn't even read his script correctly the first time, and had to start over.

And what's up with that accent???

I guess he's a bottom-feeder who bought my $300 debt (with fees and interest it's grown to $21,904). Good luck in collecting, Tommy H. You'll have to get in line.

Well I called the DEA Enforcement Office and reported him for harassing me. He will do that to the wrong person like an elder person and give them an heart attack. What an idiot. He needs to get a life. I guess he will after the DEA Enforcement get in touch with him for using there name. That is faud.

this would be the seond time they tried to run this scam...um..DEA does not call cell phones and they do not call and offer alternatives to charges filed. come on people we are smarter than that!!

If you get any response or request for prosecution please email me CindyAparkinson@GMail.com I am tired of scum sucking people trying to scam good people.

calls on differnet days at 8 am. losers forgot they pulled this already.

just heard from same gent, from 831-331-4979, santa cruz ca.  thanks to you folks, I saved myself (a wee bit) of trouble and shock.  very aggressive with threats, put on hold, discussion of judges, warrants, confinement, homeland security, my public persona (about which I dickered).  Searched online while on phone and asked if I could confirm his identity by calling back DEA offices and he responded with righteous indignation over my doubts.  I asked why, as head of (and then I read "his" DEA profile), he'd personally be phoning me.  That's probably what prompted the threat of abetting smuggling came in

I got the same call and I also reported them to the DEA fraud extortion hotline.

This guy just called me about 15 min ago. But the idiot had reversed 2 numbers in my address and slightly different name from my actual street. Said the pharmacist was in custody and provided this info. Told him he had the wrong person because that is not my address.
LOL, told me to have a nice day and hung up.
Now I wish I said it was so I could mess with him. There is a special place in hell for people who black mail and harass innocent people with fear.
Yesterday I received a similar call, but the connection was so bad I couldn't understand him at all. He called me back 3 times but he finally gave up.
Now I am fighting back by wasting their time to frustrate them. As long as they're on the line with me, some poor trusting soul is hopefully spared.

The week before Christmas, I was victimized for the first time and actually was in the process of wiring money via Western Union. Maybe this sounds corny, but I prayed the Rosary on my knees while he put me on hold "checking if I was eligible to pay a fine and avoid jail." Relieved that I could pay a fine instead, I left for the bank so I could wire the money. But I believe God was watching over me. The clerk at WU was my guardian angel. When I read the huge warning label on the WU form, told the clerk my story, and he told me to contact the real police to verify the story.
I met the cop back at my house and told him the whole story. Since I wasn't technically a victim, he couldn't fill out a report. But he explained to me that in the US, fines are determined by a federal judge and payments are specifically made payable to the US Treasury. Ordering medication online was not a crime. Extradition to the Dom Rep only happens after an official hearing. But even then, it is only for very serious crimes like murder or kidnapping.

i had this same person thomas harrington call me representing the dea and some judge in san francisco wanting me to go to the western union to send money to somewhere in the dominican republic to avoid a warrent for my arrest for purchasing some diet pills from an online pharmacy 6 years ago.

he wanted to remain on the phone with me while i got dressed and drove to the western union so he can tell the wu person where to send the money... that was my first ???  then i talked him down from 2500. dollars to 100.00 that seemed odd to...

my wife finally talked sense into me and told me to tell him i was going to talk to an attorney.. he got very angry and threatened the arrest warrant again... i asked him for the federal case number so i could give to my attorney ...   then he hung up......

i am grateful to this site for the information others have provided... i should have put his phone number in while i was talking with him... then i could have read the notes while i was on the phone... then i could have played ball with him and had some fun with it...

"Thomas Harrigan, DEA", with a middle eastern accent.  Uh huh... and I have some ocean front property in Utah to sell you.

This guy was pretending to be from the DEA. Apparently the last person who had my phone number got on their list somehow. I've started recognizing the numbers and answering "Diversion Hotline". If it's really for me, they will ask for me by my real name -if they persist in pretending to be the DEA, Customs, a pharmacy that "has my prescription ready", I tell them they are talking to (my state) Board of Pharmacy Diversion Hotline, and ask for the case number they are calling about.

The DEA idiot took a minute to realize I wasn't the person he had been intending to scam when he called. I kept asking him for the case number, going along with his "DEA agent" ruse. When I read him back his telephone number off my phone and asked if he was calling from the Orange County office , he finally realized he might be making a mistake and hung up on me.

It's actually kind of fun messing with these twits.

Anyone know if any of these [***] are caught or if any Authority can or has done anything about this.  I've got phone numbers (which are attached to someone), Western Union has info on the receiver end.  There's gotta be something that can be done.  My wife fell for this out of fear of what could happen to me (her husband) and our 5 month old son.  They put her through the ringer and got away with 7K! Just happend 2 days ago and I found out about it yesterday.

I am not sure what they can do but I do know the FTC, FDA and DEA are aware of this scam. You are a victim of international theft, violations of numerous laws and none of those agencies would pursue any crimal charges for diet pills. Contact your police department to make a report, they may not make it first priority but they will take info and give you a case number. On the FTC.gov webpage there is a complaint form, website is:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/phonefraud/index.shtml

Now put a formal complaint in with FDA - website is:
www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/ContactFDA/default.htm
I also suggest a phone call - nothing too long just enough that they have on record your loss of $$$.  1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332) and perhaps if you could provide Western Union info they might be able to track it.

Third Place you can report is DEA itself. Someone out there is impersonating a Government Agent.

My guess is that at some point somethng will be done but the question is WHEN?

Good Luck!

Guy called me yesterday from 949 800 7449.  (I checked later, it is a cell phone from Irvine CA.) Said he was special agent Marcus Anderson from the DEA. The first time he called, he left a message on my cell phone, said something about a warrant for my arrest. So I called the number back. He started in with the whole  thing - said I had bought diet pills online,  (which I did - once 6 years ago) anyway, he was saying that my property was going to be searched, I was going to be arrested - but if I wanted to "make the whole thing go away" I could pay a civil penalty of 1800.00 - (by now I had a feeling it was a scam, but kept him talking) He said to go to my bank - take out the money in cash, and go to a local 7-11 for a moneygram - gave a name to make it out to, and said to mark it "pick up in 10 minutes." He gave me an address in the Dominican Republic to send it to.Then he asked if  my husband knew about the years ago purchase, I said he did - he then told me not to speak to my husband about this until the next day - By now, I had decided to play with this idiot for a bit - and had him convinced that I was on my way to the bank to get the money. I reported the call to the real DEA - I really hope someone snags this jerk. He got nothing from me, but I hate to think of all the people out there who have fallen for this.

This same thing just happened to me Saturday and I almost fell for it.  Why can't the DEA do anything about it?   Your post is years old and according to the internet and comments and complaints being made, they are still at it.  Why can't they trace these phone numbers and hunt them down like the dogs that they are?! These scum bags need to  be in jail where they can get exactly what they deserve right up the wazoo like they did to all these innocent people!

713-965-7235 is the other number they call from ..look up this number there are the same posts as this pg but dea officer pena is the guys name...