I'm taking this to my county attorney and to the county attorney in their state. Also taking up with the local police dept. I get anywhere from 2-8 calls a day. Soooo illegal and guess they don't know who they just keep messing with.... Guarantee I'm much smarter at this than they are. Everyone go to your l
I received a call from this number. They said I qualified for a $8500 grant. I'm sorry I smell [***]. I want to get these calls to stop. I gave them nothing.
My husband just took a call. told the guy with a thick accent he knows this is a scam and when he was hanging up the guy called him an a**h***. niiice. Reading some of the comments before this one. Please people!!! you can't get something for nothing. please don't pass out any financial OR personal information about yourself!!!
202 " AREA CODE FRAUD SCAMS".........have been going on forever !!!
( already addressed here and in the forums a million times already.......everyone should know by now !!! ).
202 area code fraud scams !!!!!
PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- they are also impersonating DEA officials / IRS / FAKE LAW FIRMS etc.... with threats to arrest you unless you immediately send money via wire transfer / western union to some offshore country !!!!! obvious scam !!!
some are landlines...many are cell phones...some are spoofed and linked to offshore foreign call centers / countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers mostly in INDIA / THAILAND / AFRICA / JAMAICA ETC....
here's a few other numbers posted from the same area code offering a wide variety of scams / fake emails and scams after posting something on craigslist ( old scam ) ...... collecting for non existant " payday loans "....free money / scam giveaways / calling on behalf of a humane society..... $1,000's in free gov't money......... etc etc.....stories change out all the time......and the usual nonsense!!!
** mysteriously call to claim they have several thousand of dollars to send you....just provide your bank account and credit card right away etc etc.........scam scam
several of these are the usual long ongoing scams such as : you have won a free walmart / bestbuy gift card....or you have won a free ipad etc......all long ongoing scams............