The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reports that some registrants are getting calls and emails from con artists. According to the agency, “The impersonators inform their victims that purchasing drugs over the internet or by telephone is illegal, and that enforcement action will be taken against them unless they pay a fine. If victims refuse to send money, the impersonators often threaten to arrest them or search their property.”
Source: AVMA@Work, April 10, 2018, Link.
Authorized DEA employees would not contact registrants and demand money or threaten to suspend registrants’ DEA registrations, the administration said. Please do not share any information with these callers and remember to stay vigilant in safeguarding all your private and financial information, such as bank accounts and Social Security numbers.
The DEA asks that if you receive a telephone call from someone impersonating a DEA agent or other law enforcement official seeking money, you not act on their demands and report the threat using the administration’s Extortion Scam Online Reporting form.