John Parker Financial Crime Division out of Jacksonville, FL Imposing as a police officer, complete fraud. Man with heavy accent and aggressive. DO NOT GIVE YOUR INFO. Could not supply any pertinent information about call or supply any written information. Jacksonville Florida

I also have been recieving numerous calls from John Parker from Florida stating that he is with the federal government. This man also has a heavy accent and is very aggressive. He claims that I have been selected from the government to recieve $7000. He then says that I must send $320 to India for him to release the money to me. I have been askng questions like why? He states that its the policy. He also has different partners calling from Washington D.C. and New York regarding the same thing. I knew not to agree to any of his questions because the lady at Western Union told me that the same thing happend to her so WATCH OUT!

It has become clear from numerous reports of this scam, that the scammers have come into posession of a large amount of personal information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, references, bank acct. numbers and social security numbers.

 Most of those reporting the scam indicate that at some time in the past, they filled out an online loan application. My guess is that these scammers have obtained (most likely illegally) a large database of this personal info. While these particular scammers are only using the info to try to make themselves appear to be a legitimate collector, that does not mean they couldn't sell the info to some other criminal when they are done with it. The amount of information they are revealing on these phone calls is enough to allow anyone to steal your identity.

 If you've received one of these scam calls, you should consider your identity to be at risk. I highly recommend going to the FTC's identity theft website and taking the precautions outlined there :

 http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/

I've also been a victim of this guy's harassing phone calls. From the research Ive done online it appears this guy has possibly gotten our information from past cash advances. The problem is I have had several in the past before I realized what a trap they were (especially when you have several at one time), and I have worked very hard to pay them all off. I have had cash advances from companies both online and that are local in my town, so it is hard for me to track down where he might have gotten the information. If anyone else reading this has had the same problem, and has had a cash advance could you please let me know from what company & if it was online or in person, I would really like to try to track down where he has gotten his information and whether it was a leak or whether the company voluntarily sells their customers personal info. Thanks for your help, and Ill definitely keep you all updated with anything that I find.