clumsy attempted scam on a doctor

My phone labelled the call as ‘spam risk’. But I was tired of looking at my depressing stock broker page, so I picked it up.

A person with a faint Indian accent asked for me by name. When I demanded his name he said he was from the FBI and rattled off a badge number.

He said they were investigating the use of my medical license and NPI number in Texas to order controlled drugs. I’m licensed in California.

And a drug issue would not be handled by the FBI, but by ATF.

I told him I wasn’t concerned and hadn’t written a prescription for a controlled substance in decades. He asked whether I wanted to hear about the investigation. I said ‘no’ and hung up.

License and NPI numbers are publicly available, so are no indication that someone who knows them is official, though I didn’t ask, so I don’t know if he even had them.