This number 201-285-8704 has been calling me from about 6:00pm to 9:00pm today, when I answer they just hang up. I dont know who they are, but i want them to stop calling me
If this is a TDoS scam (c-FBI website), they got your banking info somehow and with that info, your phone no. They call people to keep them on the phone while they rob your accounts. When they start calling you, they already have your bank info! They may have already changed your contact info, email address etc. Be sure to alert your banks and upgrade your protection !You can't call them back...they will NEVER answer. This is a huge scam!. Best advice....never answer calls that you do not recognize from New Jersey.
TDoS attacks
June 23, 2010 — scamvictimsunited
I wanted to share the latest press release from the FBI on scams
06/21/10—The FBI Newark Division released a warning to consumers concerning a new scheme using telecommunications denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks.
The FBI determined fraudsters compromised victim accounts and contacted financial institutions to change the victim profile information (i.e., e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and bank account numbers).
The TDoS attacks used automated dialing programs and multiple accounts to overwhelm victims’ cell phones and land lines with thousands of calls. When victims answered the calls they heard dead air (nothing on the other end), an innocuous recorded message, advertisement, or a telephone sex menu. Calls were typically short in duration but so numerous that victims changed their phone numbers to terminate the attack.
These TDoS attacks were used as a diversion to prevent financial and brokerage institutions from verifying victim account changes and transactions. Fraudsters were afforded adequate time to transfer funds from victim brokerage and financial online accounts.
Protection from TDoS attacks and other types of fraud requires consumers to be vigilant and proactive. In Newark’s Public Service Announcement (PSA), they recommend the following guidelines for consumers to protect themselves:
•Implement security measures for all financial accounts by placing fraud alerts with the major credit bureaus if you believe they were targeted by a TDoS attack or other forms of fraud.
•Use strong passwords for all financial accounts and change them regularly.
•Obtain and review your annual credit report for fraudulent activity.
If you were a target of a TDoS attack, immediately contact your financial institutions, notify your telephone provider, and promptly report it to the IC3 website at www.ic3.gov. The IC3 complaint database links complaints to assist in referrals to the appropriate law enforcement agency for case consideration. The complaint information is also used to identity emerging trends and patterns
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This number called our home number six times between 7:00 PM and 8:41PM. The name that came up on our caller ID was Michele Mennah. I found out through investigation this number actually belongs to NCO Financial which is a horrible debt collecting agency. I have had dealing with them before in the past and they are debt collector bully's. In the past they have used very threatening tackets to the point of scaring you to death. DON'T buy into their scare tactics. They are evil people. Most people that have bad debt are usually debt because something major happened that was beyond their control to put them there. If you need to pay off a debt that is old don't pay the debt off through NCO. Go to the original owner of the debt and call them to pay off the debt. Talk to the debt owner and explain your situaltion and usually they will work with you. Again do not pay your debt off through NCO because they will make a profit off the paid debt if you pay through them. Don't allow them the satisfaction. They thrive on their bully tactics. Please research this if you don't believe me. NCO has a terrible track record...just find out for yourself.
This number 201-285-8704, they are harrassing me! I am unemployed like a lot of other people I know and they call me 10-20 times a day between 6:00 pm & 7:00 and I've told them to quit calling, but they still are. I have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness and if they keep calling, I will sue them!