I received this same call from a number that came in as unavailable. The man on the phone had a strong indian accent and said his name was "Jack Brown" I said that's hard to believe that your name is jack brown. They also stated that this money did not have to paid back and was for people who have no criminal history and no bankruptcies. I kept asking Mr. Brown what program he was working for and he said this is the US government program, and i was like I understand but there are several programs that give out money, which one are you calling from. Thank God, i didn't get through for them to ask me for $250.00....
They called and said that the government was choosing people that dont have criminal backround and no bankruptcy and giving them 7,850 dollars and saying that u dnt have to pay them back but the funny thing was that he said that i had to send 250 dollars first i said really why would i send 250 if you guys r giving me the money that stupid
I received this same call from a number that came in as unavailable. The man on the phone had a strong indian accent and said his name was "Jack Brown" I said that's hard to believe that your name is jack brown. They also stated that this money did not have to paid back and was for people who have no criminal history and no bankruptcies. I kept asking Mr. Brown what program he was working for and he said this is the US government program, and i was like I understand but there are several programs that give out money, which one are you calling from. Thank God, i didn't get through for them to ask me for $250.00....
How are these people pulling these scams so easily and not even american. Same as above I was chose for us government grant for a one time fee of 220.00 that I would receive back. My man's nsme was mike king. I would recieve 7834.00 in 30 to 45 minutes after they recieve the 220.00
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............