SCAM ALERT!
I did not answer this call, but it came on the heels of my not answering a call from another number I AM familiar with: 202-350-4067, so I suspect they are from the same outfit. The person who contacted me from that number identified himself as Steven Hynes of the NATIONAL FRAUD CENTER in Washington, D.C. He said they were investigating several companies known for their fraudulent activities and my name and info had come up under one of them. (ye-ess, they got me, I'm chagrined to say). Mr Hynes (while earning no financial benefit for himself) was eager to set me up with a company called CLIENT SERVICES MANAGEMENT(.com)(888-204-1811) who could, for a percentage of the recovered amount - 1/2 paid in advance - "mediate" with my credit card company to get the money I'd lost back. Of course, this sounded like great news, but the more I talked to him, the more he sounded just like the scammers he was purporting to thwart. And he had the marbles to actually tell me that fraud.org was the website I could refer to to check up on his story.
I reported all the information I'd collected to the National Consumers League who runs the REAL National Fraud 'INFORMATION' Center at fraud.org,, and they assured me that Mr. Hynes operation was indeed a scam.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED. With today's technology, routing phone calls through exchanges even half way around the world is not a big challenge. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., They are very smooth and convincing, especially if you are desperate for what they are offering. But if you listen closely, they do make mistakes! Don't fall for them.
SCAM ALERT!
I did not answer this call, but it came on the heels of my not answering a call from another number I AM familiar with: 202-350-4067, so I suspect they are from the same outfit. The person who contacted me from that number identified himself as Steven Hynes of the NATIONAL FRAUD CENTER in Washington, D.C. He said they were investigating several companies known for their fraudulent activities and my name and info had come up under one of them. (ye-ess, they got me, I'm chagrined to say). Mr Hynes (while earning no financial benefit for himself) was eager to set me up with a company called CLIENT SERVICES MANAGEMENT(.com)(888-204-1811) who could, for a percentage of the recovered amount - 1/2 paid in advance - "mediate" with my credit card company to get the money I'd lost back. Of course, this sounded like great news, but the more I talked to him, the more he sounded just like the scammers he was purporting to thwart. And he had the marbles to actually tell me that fraud.org was the website I could refer to to check up on his story.
I reported all the information I'd collected to the National Consumers League who runs the REAL National Fraud 'INFORMATION' Center at fraud.org,, and they assured me that Mr. Hynes operation was indeed a scam.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED. With today's technology, routing phone calls through exchanges even half way around the world is not a big challenge. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., They are very smooth and convincing, especially if you are desperate for what they are offering. But if you listen closely, they do make mistakes! Don't fall for them.