NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A new phone scam is making its way around the Nashville area.
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department’s Fraud and Sex Crimes detectives, the scam sees Nashvillians called by someone claiming to be from the department warning them they’ll be placed on the sex offender registry unless they pay the caller money.
The caller uses an actual Metro officer’s name, according to police. The calls use spoofing technology to appear as if they come from a legitimate Metro Police phone number.
Metro reminded Nashvillians that the department will never call anyone to solicit money for any reason. The public is urged to be cautious when giving out personal information to someone who is not a confirmed and trusted source.
BTW….I gotta a call yesterday from my Dentist, here…they said that they detected me as a ‘Sex Offender’ in the present tense of the English Language. and I am no longer allowed at this practice…
As a reminder I payed cash of $9K to have teeth replaced over a 14 month period….I was never around a minor…I was a happy person there and everyone liked me!
Until someone searched me, because I would not flirt with her…
I was there for dentistry…
Truth
But if you were a 5-time convicted murder, that would be just fine and Dandy. If it makes you feel any better, I have had that happen a lot (Not just doctors) and am getting ready to change one of my doctors who all of a sudden won’t even look me in the eye.
Too bad they found out AFTER you paid the bill because I’d stiff the bill if it ever happened to me.
If I ever patronize a business and they try that with me they batter hope I have paid my bill first because I’ll cancel any payment made and dispute any charges to my credit card as well as file a complaint at the BBB
Derek….
…My eldest Sister gave me the monies….I finally told her this week!
….She is furious and just told me to let it be!
I was a patient at this dentistry for 6 years!
…until a newer and younger female decided to google my name!
..then told the Dentist…..The Dentist told me that he no choice!
…of course after receiving all my monies always paid in full!
Impossible to give back the dental implants!
Ha!
truthandScience
Give us the name of the dentist. ALL of us will become patients and all book an appointment on the same day. Each of us will state before being treated that we are on the sex offender list. They will ask each of us to leave and at the end of the day, they will not have earned any money as they kicked us all out on the same day LOL 🙂
We cannot feel bad for ourselves because remember, NONE of this is punishment. Also, all ex murderers, con artists, swindlers, hackers and other ex felons are all welcome there I am sure.
I would look into this as denial of medical care. I’m not sure you can be denied medical care solely because of your registration status. If there have been no documented complaints from other staff members or patients, it would be discrimination plain and simple
Good scam Though, think about it, there is nothing worse than being put on the sex offender registry.
Let’s see….the article says the public needs to be cautious when giving out personal information, you mean like the information that is on the registry about us registrants? !!! All our information is there for anybody to see, all they have to do is look it up. C’mon, give me a break already.
My response…tell the caller to go ‘fornicate him or herself’. I occasionally answer these types of calls for the fun of it. We have too many people in this country with useless time on their hands.
Capt
I use to do that to until I ran up against one who was an expert in technology. He was so mad at what I told him to go do that he placed my phone # on an auto dialer and spoofed my #. People from all over the World and the U.S were calling me asking why the Hell I was calling their # and hanging up?
It was not me, it was my # being shown from the auto dialer. I called the police, I called my phone company and both told me I had 3 choices. #1 Wait and see if it dies down (It didn’t) #2 just live with it (Tried and couldn’t even use my own phone) #3 Get a new phone #) I did at no cost except of the pain of having to inform everyone of my new number.
After that, I was never nasty to a scam or annoying caller or salesperson. Lately we get up to 10 calls a day on the home phone asking us to sell our home. Even though we politely ask them to remove us from their list, the exact same person calls back the next day like they had never talked to us before. We now use the answering machine to decide if we will pick up.
CherokeeJ…
God Bless for your patience!
To Truth
Thank you. Having said that, patience only goes so far LOL
We all have a breaking point. I am considered a very pleasant person, friendly and loving. But when the right button is pushed, I dare say everyone better clear out. One of those buttons is when someone messes with my family. I am one of those “Family first” type of people.
The Cherokee part of my bloodline is where I get my adventurous spirit. The German side I suppose is where I get my industrial planning, building and innovational spirit. They sometimes balance each other out and sometimes they clash.
Maybe my time on the registry has jaded me. Is the article saying that random people will be placed on the registry if they don’t pay? Then if you haven’t been charged, why would you even listen to the bs. Are the scammers going after people who no longer have to register? I’m unfamiliar with TN laws.
Why would they care. Its not punitive…. so why pay? They pay becuase they know it’s one of the most punitive hateful things on the internet.. Thats why. And everyone knows it.. But the public and Law Enforcement and law makers play this game where we pretend it’s not.
Well, for once, it’s not just us!
“Scammers pretending to be from U.S. Attorney’s Office asking for money”
https://www.kwtx.com/2022/06/12/scammers-pretending-be-us-attorneys-office-asking-money/
Not to hijack this article , but how is the scammer asking for money different from a LE Agency asking for money to remove you from SOR after you have been released from the registry?
Thought there was a law that prevented businesses from doing that but I guess LE Agencies are exempt, and LE wonders why people are turning against them.
My take away from this article is, Calling people in Nashville, “Villians”. Really “NashVillians”? The true Villian is the idiot trying to scam people. There is a special place at the bottom of the ocean for people like that. (Because there are no special places in Hell, just misery and suffering)
My takeaway is quit answering the phone unless you know who is calling. Let them leave a message.
Exactly Alan, if I don’t recognize who is calling, they get a one way trip to the voicemail!