I just got a call from this number. They claimed I won 2.5 million in a mega million drawing. He said he was from Bank of America and needed my bank account info so I can receive a cashiers check. I told them that I wouldn't do, say, or give them anything because there are scams going around. He told me to call the manager at 1-876-480-0944. This is a number from Jamaica. I have been receiving numbers like this for a few months now. I answered one of those other numbers and they said they were from Geico. Don't believe anything they say and do not give out your information.
Now there are calling senior citizens pretending to be a family member or that family member's lawyer. They claim that they are in legal trouble in a foreign country and need large sums of money to avoid prison. They talk a great deal about how horrible the conditions are in a foreign jail system and beg for help.It comes back to New york and is the 4th most looked up number on yellow pages. Please warn all enderly people that you know and inform them to check with the "truobled" family member themselves before sending any money.
Got 3 calls from that number. Number first came up as unavailable, then second time as Hudson Highland. Mother answered last time. Strong Indian accent stating my computer was infected, needed additional software install and they could tell me how to correct the problems right now. Unfortunately for them it was my mother, who proceeded to tell them that the computer was part of the FBI investigation and that since it was being monitored she would gladly pass their info on to the FBI. They quickly hung up w/o another word from their end. Definetely a scam!
I live in manhattan, nyc and I received two calls today from this 917-522-1822. The first call I did not received, but the 2nd call at 7:15--an man with a thick accent identified himself as an employee of Microsoft and stated that I have some type of virus on my computer and he would be
Able to assist me in removing the virus and attempted to give me a series Of steps to take to fix the virus. Midway through his attempt, I told him I would not
Continue with his instructions and would have my computer guys take a look
At it. He became furious and began yelling vulargaties and I hung up--and realized it was a scam. I immediately took the computer into my computer guys to check for
Any and all viruses. Thank you all for sharing your stories all the information has bee so helpful.