Form received 2021-08-14 13:40:38
What name did the scammer use?: Jalisco Cartel
What site/app did you first meet the scammer on? Please provide a link if possible.: No site. Just got a random text
Who made the first contact?: They contacted me first.
If they gave you a phone number, please add it here.: 3139130806
Are there any other details you wish to share? Anything you say may help prevent someone else from being scammed.: This was their text to me
"Listen carefully to what I am going to tell you, I am a man of words, you wasted one of my girls who works in the dating agency with you. We are an organization that belongs to the second generation of the Jalisco Cartel. (xxx) has informed you, we initiated an investigation about you. We have located
you and your family, it will be better if we reach an agreement before things change otherwise. We already have our hit men supervising their work, their home and their family. You yourself will be responsible for all collateral damage caused to your home, family and work. We have been listening to her phone since the girl reported it, and there is no point in involving the authorities because she was soliciting a prostitute. We work with a high-tech organization, we will wait for an immediate response, otherwise you will regret it because you follow our protocol. You have been warned, so that your family is also free from misunderstandings. Since we have people following you and your family, please let us know if you want to handle this the easy or the hard way. These are just a few of the people who decided to make our men work aggressively.
+13139130806
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United States
City or exchange location Detroit, MI
Original network provider* Omnipoint Communications Midwest Operations Llc
The scammer sending the above message also sent some picture of brutally killed people (not posted here).
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is a semi-militarized Mexican criminal group mostly involved in drug trafficking and stealing crude oil.
The scammer only pretends to be part of the cartel to scare the victim into paying. In this case, the hit-man scam follows a blackmail scam/sextortion.
If you are dealing with similar cases, please follow all the needed steps explained in
https://www.scamsurvivors.com/blackmail/#/, after filling the report form.