The same lady called twice within 30 minutes, asking for my daughter-in-law. First time I said she wasn't home and could I take a message. Lady was rude, said no and hung up. Second call I told her she didn't live here and she said thank you and hung up. Be curious to see if they call again.
Received a missed call notice - I always check numbers that I don't know. Thanks to all who have posted here - I wouldn't give them info anyway, but it's good to know this is a scam.
fake phone number....as usual !!!.....most cases scammers using google voice / skype etc...... ( voip )
NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS FAKED / SPOOFED...............THESE ARE FRAUD SCAMMERS !!!!
( sorry for the long list....but people have to know ! )
NOTE : similar calls now coming in from the " 209" area code !!! ( same crap )
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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 !!! ).
NOTE / NEW !!!! SIMILAR AND IDENTICAL CALLS NOW " ORIGINATING" FROM THE "209" AREA CODE.......same crap / fake calls / fraud attempts , just a new area code............
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 / give ....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............
Definitely a scam. First "Peter" called, you can tell he is calling from a call center, voices in the background and he isn't American, or if he is - American of Indian descent. So I was curious to see how far this would go and played along. So Peter kept telling me over and over how I was selected to receive a grant from the US government for $8400. He did have part of my home address and the cell number he has is one I use for business (prepaid through Virgin Mobile). My calls kept being dropped and he called right back (wanted to know why I kept hanging UP!) I explained that I had bad cellphone coverage. The money is to be transferred and wanted account info (no way was I giving that). I have an old pre-paid debit card from a rebate and has no account into and no money, so I used that. Once he had my account number he gave me another number to call and talk to Michelle, an account manager. She verified the info and that the money would be transferred from the Treasury bank in New York, but that there is a transfer fee of $200 that I would have to pay. HA! I told her that I had dealt with grants in the past and never is there a fee and she told me that I could refuse, which I did. So that is the whole scam.